Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-07 Thread castalla
Interim solution: I resurrected an old Shuttle xs35 and after many hours reinstalling Win 10 finally got it working again - it's an Atom D525 so it's rather slow. I can use this until there's a decent offer on Amazon - I like the sound of the Mele Quieter2D Mini PC Celeron N4020. Thanks for

Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread Wombat
staresy wrote: > I have x2 of these running LMS on Win10 at two locations: > https://www.gigabyte.com/Mini-PcBarebone/GB-BXBT-2807-rev-10#ov > > Not compatible with Win11 though. These Gigabyte Barebones look nice. Shooting a 4TB SDD on Black Friday may make it complete. Transporter

Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread staresy
castalla wrote: > I'm considering a windows 10 mini Pc to run headless 24/7. > > Don't need anything super powerful. > > Any candidates? I have x2 of these running LMS on Win10 at two locations: https://www.gigabyte.com/Mini-PcBarebone/GB-BXBT-2807-rev-10#ov Not compatible with Win11

Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread Wombat
sodface wrote: > I'm a fan of enterprise thin clients, some of which will run Win10, like > the Wyse 5070 (look for one with the J5005 CPU) or maybe the HP > T520/530. The 5070 you can put a bigger SSD in if needed, but only one. > How much expansion do you need? How many internal drives? I

Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread Apesbrain
castalla wrote: > Any candidates? Depending on the size of your library, I'd recommend at least an i3 otherwise library rebuilds will take forever. Note that Win 10 Home does not have remote desktop server so you'd need to use a third-party solution like VNC. Win 10 Pro is good to go out of

Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread castalla
sodface wrote: > I'm a fan of enterprise thin clients, some of which will run Win10, like > the Wyse 5070 (look for one with the J5005 CPU) or maybe the HP T520. > The 5070 you can put a bigger SSD in if needed, but only one. How much > expansion do you need? How many internal drives? Nothing

Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread sodface
I'm a fan of enterprise thin clients, some of which will run Win10, like the Wyse 5070 (look for one with the J5005 CPU) or maybe the HP T520. The 5070 you can put a bigger SSD in if needed, but only one. How much expansion do you need? How many internal drives?

Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread Heuer
I bought a Beelink and it is surprisingly good. They do a range of versions depending on how high a spec you want e.g.

Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread castalla
d6jg wrote: > Why Windows 10? Why not a Linux based machine - generally far more > reliable for LMS only - it could be a Pi with pCP This is connected to my ongoing search to find a way to play Audible to squeezeboxes... This works pretty well: Win 10 AUDIBLE TuneBlade (airplay bridge) for

Re: [slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread d6jg
castalla wrote: > I'm considering a windows 10 mini Pc to run headless 24/7. > > Don't need anything super powerful. > > Any candidates? Why Windows 10? Why not a Linux based machine - generally far more reliable for LMS only - it could be a Pi with pCP Jim https://jukeradio.double6.net

[slim] Mini windows 10 pc - any recommendations

2021-11-05 Thread castalla
I'm considering a windows 10 mini Pc to run headless 24/7. Don't need anything super powerful. Any candidates? castalla's Profile: