<div dir="ltr"><div>If Charles is trying to boost sales, I know of a bunch of (lower income, refugees) people who might be interested. I'll pass the word along.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't think Jean will let me buy any more computers for a while, though. Not until I build a separate house to store my stuff in...</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 at 20:26, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 01:09:39PM -0400, Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:35:14PM +0000, CrankyOldBugger wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > Long story short, N/C is still running on one of my Raspis because I<br>
> > don't have anything else for that Raspi to do. But N/C is not my main<br>
> > go-to for calendar, or any of the other apps anymore.<br>
> <br>
> Something like this older mini-pc for $99 is going to blow away a Raspberry<br>
> Pi in performance and capability. Plus you could use virtualization, or<br>
> docker, or anything else you prefer to separate your workloads.<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.fcsurplus.ca/shopping/products/475905-lenovo-thinkcentre-m710s-sff-computer/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fcsurplus.ca/shopping/products/475905-lenovo-thinkcentre-m710s-sff-computer/</a><br>
> <br>
<br>
At the risk of capitalism: I was at Computer Recycling yesterday and<br>
saw that Charles as teeny-weeny amd64 computers for as low as $30. I<br>
don't know the exact models or specs (maybe 3rd generation i3?) but<br>
such devices seem like they could be good replacements for Raspberry<br>
Pis in some situations. <br>
<br>
If people are interested I am sure Charles could provide more details.<br>
In addition to the really cheap $30 computers there were some for $60<br>
and $70. They also had SFF computers like the one in Chris's link, but<br>
with much lower specs. <br>
<br>
It is true that Computer Recycling's target market is people on low<br>
incomes, but they have enough of these units (and they apparently are<br>
not selling well) that they would be happy to sell to you too. They<br>
come with Linux installed so there are no income ceilings. <br>
<br>
- Paul<br>
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