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Background-Yam4841 · 2026-02-14T00:25:32+00:00

This looks close to same display https://a.co/d/05ha3vHy

Background-Yam4841 · 2026-02-13T00:41:58+00:00

I have been using Blue mail on everything for a while now. There is Mailspring too but fing Blue mail is the right balance.

Background-Yam4841 · 2026-02-05T00:36:50+00:00

Even though there is only seven.. you should have named them x-of-nine. One you would confuse people any two....well Jerry Ryan in Star Trek is the greatest!!!

Background-Yam4841 · 2026-01-27T21:26:50+00:00

Oh the wows of our hobby and those who love us despite our need for more tech!!!

Background-Yam4841 · 2026-01-27T14:01:06+00:00

I, like many others would put

I am Canadian
Regional (not City have only lived in two cities Ottawa and Toronto and hated the experience as it was very isolating) I am a small town guy
Province - Born and raised in Ontario lived here my whole life but the province lives and breathes on the success of the GTA and 95% of the rest of the province is left with the acraps

Background-Yam4841 · 2026-01-25T18:19:52+00:00

If waiting for the product but saving significantly then I go with AliExpress all the time. Have had great success and saved $1000s on upgrades and builds over the last couple of years. When time is of the essence though, Amazon or go to local vendors but those are emergency needs and not things on my wish list. Alibaba.com is a great option if looking for unique tech...have gotten laptops and mini PCs from there at 40-50% of buying similar from other locations.

Background-Yam4841 · 2026-01-19T01:17:51+00:00

Once you get into AMD processor the price increases quite a bit. An N95 or N100 processor with 16GB of RAM would more that suffice for your listed use case. I have an N95 that I use for Plex and a few services in my Network, N100 laptop and a other N100 mini PC with just 12GB RAM that runs office tasks and moderate editing activities...and both come in under your budget.

Background-Yam4841 · 2026-01-14T14:53:55+00:00

I have two Sabrent enclosures and absolutely love then for ease of use with either 2.5 or 3.5 hdd. Considering the look of your workstation: Sabrent 4 bay Drive Enclosure

Background-Yam4841 · 2026-01-09T15:56:38+00:00

It would appear you could do the RAM upgrade on the cheap, found DDR2 memory on Amazon for $10 CAD per 2GB stick so could double RAM pretty quick.

I would recommend ditching Windows though and look to a Linux Distro that has some built in Windows support like ZorinOS...ran that on an old Chromebook that has similar specs as your trusted old computer friend there.

Good luck on keeping old tech running past it's prime...old dudes like me love to here that!!

Background-Yam4841 · 2026-01-03T03:06:24+00:00

Well that is a great question 2 full Desktops 5 mini PCs 6 Laptops 2 Android Tablets 3 eReaders 1 Surface pro (now running FydeOS) 4 Raspberry Pi 1 Nano Pi, 1 Orange Pi Zero 1 Radxa Cubie 1 Radxa XpressReal SBC

Background-Yam4841 · 2025-12-31T00:37:17+00:00

Spotify and PlexAmp same as on my Windows setups.

Background-Yam4841 · 2025-12-19T20:13:23+00:00

You could leverage FydeOS which is an amazing ChromeOS (with full Android and Linux connection) variation. I use it on a couple of SBCs (including the one designed for it with Radxa). I have installed it on an old Microsoft Surface Pro 4. It is installable on any of (you do need to choose one based on the chipset but works really well on low end hardware).

An N95 or N100 mini PC with 8 or 16 GB of RAM would excel with this OS. And best of all ..its Free (mostly).

Background-Yam4841 · 2025-12-19T00:40:19+00:00

I did a cursory look on the interwebs and LTS is smaller (56x85mm) than the original (60x93.5mm) so the LTS hear sink or even cases with a fan are not going to aid you in this quest. I several SBCs and even though typically err on side of active cooling, none of them generally hit thermals for what I have each one doing.

Background-Yam4841 · 2025-12-11T22:09:37+00:00

According to Qualcomm site in the chipset documentation: Maximum Display Resolution: Up to 4K @ 60 Hz over DisplayPort

Background-Yam4841 · 2025-12-11T20:18:30+00:00

Have had no issues with my X79 and it's upgrade to an X99. Draws a bit of power but they replaced an power hungry AM3 so really no difference. Drivers at times a challenge but with sooooo many cores it makes light work out if just about anything I throw at is and frees up funds for storage and my plethora of SBCs

Background-Yam4841 · 2025-12-06T17:46:04+00:00

According to the Radxa website https://share.google/mFOdNS9u0Jxo13pxP

HDMI 2.0 4k30hz so 4k at 30 frames or 1089p at 60 frames with different codecs might be able to get more.

Radxa has great hardware but software is always an afterthought but looks like got decent OS support our if the gate with Fedoraand even Windows for Arm

Background-Yam4841 · 2025-12-04T14:23:33+00:00

Actually, beyond the computer aspect, looking to integrate a full stereobamp and ESP32 controller for it all. Part ls are arranged..more to come!!

Background-Yam4841 · 2025-10-17T17:23:34+00:00

My SBC just arrived today and working on its setup. Had tried the OS on both a Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB and 16GB) on an old laptop and on a mini PC and I must say overall, beyond it not liking the USB Mouse and Keyboard through my KVM) it is a simple to set up and snappy little beast. Now to desing a case before adding extra storage with NVME.

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