[aklug] Re: Compare/contrast two minipcs

With that setup and those applications, I can't see you even using 1GB of ram, let alone 16. If that's truly the workload, go with the i3 and 2-4GB of RAM.

On Aug 20, 2015 11:54 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
>
> Minipcs are for me, a welcome alternative to towers.
> I like barebones also.
>
> I've got a mac mini (2011) now, and look forward to getting back to
> linux system minipc. I've got ubuntu 14.04 dual-booted, but still
> use OS X primarily because I don't trust mac's EFI.
>
> Here are two barebone minis
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UFF74MW/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-6&pf_rd_r=00XC9PQEV430NEWWB2DG&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2090148982&pf_rd_i=desktop
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VUTOB1O/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i9?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0JBPXKJBV27FX25DTWZ5&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop
>
> the second is fanless. Seems like a good thing to me.
> Both are sdd compatible, also seems like a good thing..
>
> the processors are compared here:
> http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4200U-vs-Intel-Core-i3-4030U
>
> I don't do any gaming. My primary usage would be
> gui
>   mostly
>     Firefox
>     Libreoffice
>   occasionally
>     gvim
> emacs
> text-based
>   terminal emulator
>   mc (with vim as default editor)
>   text-based emacs.
>
> And I would probably install lubuntu, with fluxbox as my primary
> (but not only) window manager.
>
> For either machine, I'd go with 16 GB Ram
>
> I have oodles of external storage, so don't need a big drive, but
> solid state would be my first choice.
>
> Any and all comments (excepting political or religious) are welcome
> and invited.
>
> cheers
> --
> Tim
> http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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