ouch. can we get a idea what was the old PC and whats the new one?
Old one is an HP Dev One laptop, 8 core Ryzen 7 5850U, 64 GB of RAM, and a 2 TB SSD.
New one is a Asrock 4x4 Box, Ryzen 4800U, 64 GB, and two 1 TB SSDs.
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whoof! ok… need to open a thread about mini PC’s
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Ooh that’s a good one. I rock quite a few mini pcs
Geekom or something?
Here’s what I have:
Minisforum NPB6 i7-13620h 64gb DDR5 RAM, NVME SSD (storage depends on what I’m using at the moment)
Minisforum UM690 Slim Ryzen 9 6900HX 32gb DDR5 RAM, NVME SSD (storage depends on what I’m using at the moment)
https://www.amazon.com/MINISFORUM-Desktop-Computer-PCIe4-0-Support/dp/B0BP1S1YNS
SZBOX S1 16gb DDR5 RAM N100, NVME SSD (storage depends on what I’m using at the moment)
https://a.aliexpress.com/_msHNnET
The SZBOX S1 is my home server. Pretty capable. Dietdroid was originally hosted on there and maaaannnny other services. Sips power too.
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To me, a PC isn’t a real PC unless it has:
- 32GB or more of RAM
- A Ryzen 7/9 or Intel i7/i9 processor (11gen and up)
- A graphics card — even if it’s just integrated
- At least 2TB of SSD storage
- A clock speed of 5.0 GHz or higher
Just for info. less then those, a android or linux based system is better. even a windows tablet that’s arm64 is better than that. period.
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It really depends what you are doing with it. I don’t know what some guy who checks his email and uses Microsoft word would do with the extra power.
For context, I still use a T480 i5-8250U for programming. Serves my needs and I have fat battery on the back.
You also didn’t specify generation with Intel.
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It really depends what you are doing with it. I don’t know what some guy who checks his email and uses Microsoft word would do with the extra power.
Nope… Even that one guy with the chidushei torah word laptop…
Why are you getting a laptop? Why Windows? Why not a Chromebook? Or an Android laptop (yes, those exist…)? Why do you need the huge Windows OS with just 4GB of RAM?? It’s gonna be sooo slooowww...
You get me?
For context, I still use a T480 i5-8250U for programming. Serves my needs and I have fat battery on the back.
Not slow?
You also didn’t specify generation with Intel.
Fixed. gen11 and up
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Lol don’t get you 100 percent
For the slow people in the room (me) please explain
I have a dualboot setup on my T480: Ubuntu 24.04 (currently) and Windows 10 LTSC. I originally just used Windows in a vm, but just ended up creating a small partition for it. They are not as fast as my mini pc’s or newer laptops, but they are still quite snappy. I host a few vm’s. I’ve built with Android Studio, use CRB, use docker and docker compose, and other intensive things. 32gb of RAM helps alot. I can go up to 64 if I want.
Used the T480 during the whole magisk project. Absolutely zero issues. Was a pleasure.
I’ve also tried very lightweight OS’s like arch or alpine. They are speedy, but I don’t have any more patience for random things breaking. Alpine is pretty stable though.
I actually just bought my brother (a rebbe) a t490 (similar specs), 16gb RAM..
Debloated Windows 11 install (because I can’t steal LTSC c’v), Office lifetime license from ebay (because I can’t steal it c’v 
) and an old Davka Writer CD. Trust me, that’s all he’s gonna need.
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Massgrave?
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Yep. All free, any version you want.
The custom installs are great too, for no bloat.
Think i’m getting this one…
It’s not expensive enough
I think when I have time, (maybe when I go back to yeshiva lol I’ll build my own PC)
until then, any suggestions for something extremely compatible with all basic Linux distro’s and fast and good for coding etc but not too expensive? (obviously that will cost a bit but I’m willing to go refurbished etc.)
what about system76? edit: system76 seems to expensive
Specifically a mini PC?
that’s what I had in mind but it doesn’t matter
What do you plan on doing with it?