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<p>> I am curious what are you trying to achieve or the type of
work you will do with your miniPC?</p>
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<li>Assorted bits of dotnet development in C#</li>
<li>I'm a maintainer and language track developer for exercism.org
(helped with COBOL, 8th, and Euphoria tracks and working on
SNOBOL4 track)</li>
<li>I have three Substack accounts I write into occasionally: </li>
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<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://calvingicebergs.substack.com/">https://calvingicebergs.substack.com/</a> </li>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://playingwithmyfood.substack.com/">https://playingwithmyfood.substack.com/</a> </li>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://skipdipper.substack.com/">https://skipdipper.substack.com/</a></li>
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<li>Microsoft Teams and PowerPoint (I'm the "Order of Service"
builder for my church (Three Crosses WPC))</li>
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<p>That's the top four of lots of other miscellaneous activity.</p>
<p>-Bruce.</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/09/2026 11:07 am, Juneidy Wibowo
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hi
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Before
getting deep into the weed, I am curious what are you trying to
achieve or the type of work you will do with your miniPC?</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My
office will usually cycle employee laptop every 3-4 years and I
usually collect discarded office laptops and repurpose them by
installing linux. I would dare say those office laptops will
most likely outperform most if not all miniPC in the $450 range.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I
know you seem to suggest you want to get a new machine instead
of using a second-hand laptops. But if you're simply looking for
a machine with higher performance than your current one, maybe
you could try asking your son to see if there are any good
condition laptops that are being discarded.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Regards,</div>
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<div>I'm still lurking here in the shadows. Have been for
years, my son Daniel having been the impetus. He's now
Principal Engineer for Fastly: <a
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<div>But I didn't come here to do that. My question is more
mundane: after years of having various second-hand laptops
as my home setup for Linux I'm now seriously considering
laying out real money for a miniPC. Does the group have
any suggestions re manufacturer and vendor? I'm thinking
something in the $300-$450 range.</div>
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<div>Kind regards,</div>
<div>Bruce Axtens</div>
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