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Subject: Re: Killer price on a mini PC
Date: 18 Sep 2026 20:01:21 GMT
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On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:10:02 -0400, Paul wrote:

> The industry has always had a "lowest tier" that can only be described
> as "trash". We had people buying $100 Black Friday Tablets, and throwing
> them right into the trash. When you're shopping for a mini-PC, you might
> not need an i9 (and an i9 isn't going to exactly have a quiet fan), but
> you should at least buy a box with enough horsepower.

When I bought my Beelink SER4 it was around $350 iirc with a AMD Ryzen 7 
4700U. It has worked out well. I knew what I was getting since I'd bought 
an Acer Swift 3 in 2020 with the same processor.