I bought an ultra-compact Minicom PC for a lot less than would be $280.00¢ and it’s at least as powerful as this machine is. In fact, come to think of it, my Gigabyte machine is more powerful than this thing is by a long way, and it only cost me about 2 thirds of the price you quoted. That machine had a 500gB SSD drive in it, (although I’ve just upgraded it to a 1TB drive). Granted, it came minus the OS, but that’s hardly a big issue these days.
On 29 Aug 2018, at 18:48, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: Just going through my eMail and I see that one chap I know is going to use one of these devices with a couple of USB Sticks - radio receivers - thus he’ll have a very good and incredibly versatile Radio that he’ll be able to use to cover much of the spectrum in pretty much any receiving mode you can think of. > On 30 Aug 2018, at 1:05 am, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net > <mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net>> wrote: > > I think you’re looking at things from the wrong angle b because in many ways > the machine is ground breaking given it has a dual processor arrangement and > I’ve not heard of that in a mini computer before. > No, not startling specs when it comes to speed but for $280 all ready to go? > Would make a nice media player say or something like that which didn’t > require too much power. > > >> On 29 Aug 2018, at 8:51 pm, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net >> <mailto:gor...@mac-access.net>> wrote: >> >> To be utterly honest, looking at the specifications of this device, I >> wouldn’t call it a ground-breaking one. For example, it only has a 1.8GHZ >> Quad Core processor, (it doesn’t seem clear which generation of CPU that >> is). Only 1 USB 3.0 ports, and 2 USB 2.0 ports. No USB 3.1C port as far as I >> can see. >> >> On the spec sheet there’s no definition of which standards of WiFi it. >> supports. Neither does it tell you which version of Windows 10 it comes >> with. It just says a “Full” version. >> >> There are plenty of machines out there in the Mini market whose specs by far >> exceed this machines’. Even the MiniCom machines would give it a run for its >> money. I actually own 2 of those beasts, so I can speak from experience. >> They’re nothing special, but they do work well in most situations. >> >> As far as I can determine, (and I could have missed it, to be fair), there >> wasn’t any indication of what kind of display output it supports. For >> example, what HDMI standard, (if any), does it support? Is it a full-size >> HDMI port, a Mini, and does that port carry audio as well as video? Not all >> of them do. >> >> Seems a bit old-hat to me, unless I’ve missed something spectacular. >> >> >> On 27 Aug 2018, at 22:53, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net >> <mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net>> wrote: >> >> Another incredibly versatile mini computer has hit the shelves. >> As you can see this one comes to you with an activated copy of Windows 10 >> preinstalled for your convenience. >> >> >>> http://auseparts.com.au/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=335 >>> <http://auseparts.com.au/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=335> >> >> ======================================== >> >> My compliments and kindest regards >> Gordon Smith: >> <gor...@mac-access.net <mailto:gor...@mac-access.net>> >> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. >> >> This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid >> printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! >> >> Contact: >> >> Twitter: @maciosaccess >> >> • UK Free Phone: >> 0800 8620538 >> • UK Geographic / Global: >> +44(0) 1642 688095 >> • UK Mobile/SMS: >> +44 (0) 7804 983849 >> • Vic. Australia: >> +61 38 82059300 >> • US/Canada: >> +1 646 9151493 >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind. ======================================== My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <gor...@mac-access.net> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! Contact: Twitter: @maciosaccess • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0) 7804 983849 • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 ----------------------------------------
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