• KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Compare the stats for the CPU, memory, and hard drive. Every one is slightly different, so I can’t tell you what to get.

      Form factor usually doesn’t matter. You’re not going to be looking at it all the time and showing it to people. It’s a desktop.

      They’re trying to trick you into not just comparing the specs and deciding on price. Pick a decent brand so you know the chipset is good and just look at the stats.

      • Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        They’re not doing anything evil offering another form factor.

        These may very likely not be desktops for some people. First thing I thought of is mounting one of these behind TV as a Plex server.

        People can buy something they cooose to for the reason they choose to buy that thing.

      • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOP
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        8 months ago

        In my head, I just want something I can leave plugged in for a few years. Something that can run Linux comfortably and can let me check out new cool things and do the occasional photo edit. My phone is very much my primary computing device.

      • zingo@lemmy.ca
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        6 months ago

        Pick a decent brand so you know the chipset is good and just look at the stats.

        Is Minisforum a good brand? Do they use quality parts in their miniPCs?

        Thinking of picking up one of those for server duty.