Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robert Riches Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Killer price on a mini PC Date: 18 Sep 2026 22:10:21 GMT Organization: none-at-all Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <118cshs$2v7m0$1@dont-email.me> <118du8n$3b2m6$1@dont-email.me> <118h414$fbrd$1@dont-email.me> <118k6e4$1ktct$1@dont-email.me> <118k92h$1lmpe$1@dont-email.me> <118k99o$1lugq$1@dont-email.me> <118k9tn$1m5fr$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: spamtrap42@jacob21819.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net n3GHj8S5D1McTsPb3aCuQAfYFjuV3mHLP2Xnn60MRudO+Jbwr4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:xg+O7ROle5fI+vsfr0YzTojAyhU= sha256:G/iEovsJ6mUl7DLSh/skHAhzjIHmX7g1Cr/zVTPCvb0= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:91750 On 2026-09-18, Paul wrote: > On Fri, 9/18/2026 5:09 PM, Joel W. Crump wrote: >> On 9/18/2026 5:05 PM, Hank Rogers wrote: >>> J. P. Gilliver wrote on 9/18/2026 3:20 PM: >>>> On 2026/9/18 5:49:33, c186282 wrote: >> >>>>>     Think - DO you need an I9 superbox for what >>>>>     YOU normally do ? If not, then these laptop- >>>>>     power mini-boxes may be yer salvation. >>>>> >>>> Do you use them without a screen? If not, then rather than a >>>> "laptop-power mini-box" (plus monitor), why not use a laptop? >>> >>> Because laptops have small screens and keyboards are also usually crummy. >> >> >> Laptops are great on airplanes.  Anywhere else in the world, they're already less so.  They're pretty good on couches.  Decent on toilets. Useful in media-displaying rooms.  But at the end of the day, nothing is going to replace the box unit of a "computer" (with monitor and keyboard, etc.). >> > > Some computing devices, are designed to bolt to the VESA four hole > pattern on the back of the monitor. Don't do that unless you know > the stand for the monitor is stable and can handle that. That's > how call centers arrange a PC, they bolt it to the back of the monitor. > > And there are different VESA patterns. On a large screen TV set, the > VESA hole pattern can be twice as big as the typical computer > monitor 100mmx100mm pattern. And you have to know the screw type > and thread pitch, to pick up some screws for it at the hardware > store. It doesn't always come with the screws to do that. > > The VESA pattern can be used to hold a monitor on a wall, > or it can be used (with some effort) to hold a mini-PC to > the back of the monitor. Some monitors have a cylindrical > shaft and heavy duty mount, so they can hold up a heavy load. > But the typical monitors we get in N.A. the stand is pretty > flimsy. > > Paul Among potentially other places, the specs on VESA patterns can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_mount HTH -- Robert Riches spamtrap42@jacob21819.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)