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You know, I agreed with this years ago and spent $4,000 on a SSFPC based on Intel NUC…only to have Intel drop NUC entirely. While NUC has integrated graphics, t
by testfrequency 2y ago
You know, I agreed with this years ago and spent $4,000 on a SSFPC based on Intel NUC…only to have Intel drop NUC entirely. While NUC has integrated graphics, the major benefit was pairing it with a full sized GPU.
Now I’m stuck with an old CPU, and have little reason to upgrade the GPU.
I guess my main hope is it’s modular and seamless to upgrade small frame machines in the future, so I can keep a case standard for generations.
- netbioserror 2y agoIt's my hope as well that maybe a new upgradeable standard for mini-PCs comes about. But keep in mind, Linux doesn't care much if the hardware configuration changes. One could conceivably just move their SSD and other drives to a new mini PC and have a brand new system running their old OS setup. If only Microsoft were so accommodating. The added benefit being how useful a mini PC can be over an old tower. Just buy a cheap SSD and: Give it to grandma; turn it into a NAS; use it as a home automation hub; use it as a TV media center; any number of other possibilities that a small form factor would allow. All things that were possible with an old tower PC, but far less convenient. And now that we're on a pretty stable software performance plateau (when we don't throw in browsers), newer chips can conceivably last much longer, decades, even.
- Dalewyn 2y ago>If only Microsoft were so accommodating. You can use sysprep[1], though nowadays you don't even need to do that most of the time. [1]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep--system-preparation--overview?view=windows-11 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufactu...