On 2023-10-12 17:31, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 12 Oct 2023 07:37:11 -0700


I know it could be used as a simple LAMP+BIND+Mail server because I
did so on a lesser laptop last year.

I have no doubt 4GB RAM is plenty for a lightweight, no X server. My
only other question would be whether a cheaper Raspberry Pi would fill
the bill with less money, less space, and less energy usage.

This was a laptop that was on special at Walmart for under $200. That is the only reason I picket it.

Interesting you bring up the Raspberry Pi with less resources. I wonder what the cost would come to for the Raspberry Pi once you add in power, an SSD, Keyboard, mouse, and a small monitor. I really like the Raspberry Pi.

The CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 Extreme Kit - Aluminum Edition (8GB RAM) is $189 and runs a Broadcom BCM2711 CPU that looks to be very inferior to the CPU in the laptop. https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Pi-Extreme-Kit/dp/B08NZ4JK26

I take it you do not believe something like Xfce would run on this laptop?

Keith




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