For the past few days, I have been exploring this Mini PC available on Amazon. I saw an ad somewhere that showed this Mini PC, and there was also an article where someone mentioned about a discount on one of these Mini PC. This is when it got my attention. I always used to wonder if a mini PC was a possibility because we are having some super smart mobile phones in our hands and it is being used with the latest hardware and technology. Why not have the same with a small size PC? This was my thought.
Currently I have sufficient laptops and I don't have a plan of expanding my needs. But it is very tempting to purchase a Mini PC. I wanted to run my house with some home network and some good hardware. I thought maybe purchasing a Mini PC can become a good exploration. But I was very surprised to see that the specs are incredible and the reviews are also very good in the market.
I was looking at the above product in Amazon and the cost is also very nominal. Maybe if I purchase this in the US, I might have a better deal but purchasing it from India is a bit costly. I was also wondering if it would be possible to assemble this by myself. Today, the size of RAM and the Size of the Hard disk is also very small. If I can get this case separately and all other components separately, then why not assemble it by myself. The only reason why I wanted to buy this was because it was compact and attractive. Otherwise I don't have any need for another PC right now. I already have two laptops and a few servers that I can use.
Maybe if I want to set up a home server, this can be very handy and it consumes only 45 watts of power, so it is not going to be very costly to maintain this at home too. Maybe I can operate some of my apps from home if I have this hardware at home. I have been thinking a lot about having a home server that operates with proper internet and maybe solar power. I did not find time to do something about it. But this sounds like a good opportunity to give it a try.
I have to also see if there are any service centers available in the place where I live, and what will happen if something goes wrong with the product. I cannot go or send it to the US to get the problem resolved. These are some of the thoughts that are going on in my mind when I saw this product. There are also options to do some upgrades, which is a great thing because today, a small server might make sense, but later if I need an upgrade I can go for it. So, let me think through this and see if it will be worth purchasing this and using it as a server for hosting some stuff at home. Even if I purchase this and use this for running some of my projects, it can take a lot of time to breakeven. But worth a try. If this becomes successful, I can have a few more boxes and use the servers from home itself. But I might have a huge learning curve.
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