Evan, I picked up an Acer Extensa from Canada Computes for around $350. It sits on the shelf behind my TV. It works fine as an email, web browsing and YouTube and Netflix platform. It appears to be a laptop board enclosed in a box, with a laptop style power supply, but no battery. It came with a keyboard, but no mouse or monitor. It has Windows installed on it. The only problem I have had installing Linux (Fedora_24) is getting the Windows to dual boot. I have not figured this out yet. On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:54:32 -0400 Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Hi there.
I will probably be shopping for a new barebone PC system in the neatr future. I'm looking for recommendations for both a barebones model and the best CPU for it.
Intended OS is Linux Mint, Main uses are for browsing (Chromium), Samba client and video conversion using Handbrake. Most files will be on a server, in fact the new system could get by with just a minimal-sized SSD.
Also appreciated is a link to anywhere that would tell me, at any given moment, the current state/generation of Intel processors to help the shopping process.
Thanks!
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