Buy a 3yr old ‘1ltr PC’ from eBay, corporate refurb. Stick with HP, Dell or Lenovo.
Excellent build quality, cheap, upgradable (M.2 slots in most of them), decent CPU. Then use your existing monitor with a displayport to dvi cable. Sent from my iPhone On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 at 09:41, Peter Merchant <[email protected]> wrote: > The carpet in my son's bedroom/my office needs replacing. It is coming out > in patches - Agreed. While we are doing that the room should be painted I > am told. Three - Get rid of a lot of that stuff you have on your shelves, > they are messy (to the untrained eye) . And Finally, get rid of that big > black box of a PC taking up so much room, it is ugly. Buy yourself a laptop. > > OK, I think I'll accept that. > This PC is old: > Processor : Intel Core i5-3330 1 physical processor; 4 cores; 4 > threads > Memory : 16323MB (2941MB used) > Machine Type : Desktop > Operating System : Kubuntu 26.04 - Debian GNU/Linux forky/sid > > And I have a 22 inch DVI monitor. > > A laptop only has a possibly 17 " screen, and I won't be taking it out and > about, so I am considering an All-in-one PC. > IS this a wise choice? > > Amazon offers this: > https://www.amazon.co.uk/PC-Computer-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Included/dp/B0GVK5DGHK/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1WWJSXGN2GEYS&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pqlk0U_shhr3mhU44YyDTnvt1Qq-oDu6B5jK-RRvDCSSvCEZ-WpJ6r9OGfrGroCTMgN5_WI9m8u4odtSTeq8H7W4ExbbCpPsgp1Gf78uqYnYF0Db4NtZwLX3-nn0KBwRl6b4nvatjFDed6-uTvy2XACkJViOLTELABqA1XoYrSB0O9CCf-QWY4lkdCgn4QrcHJjEICV2Vy8S0nHiNRCUdckXhomDqUZMz97AhakWywY.G0Tx7duzk9gbaZMN18E0MNhcLuX1iD7uV1tOyaX9TgA&dib_tag=se&keywords=All+in+one+PC&qid=1786604315&sprefix=all+in+one+pc%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-6 > > Any thoughts? > Peter > -- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-08-04 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected] > -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-08-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected]
