Wow if you have been watching the pricing on RAM in the past few months, we have seen prices skyrocket. This isn’t a good development for those of us running…

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We are always looking out for great little mini PCs for the home lab that have the capabilities we expect and great features to self-host workloads. Beelink sent over a…

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About two and a half years ago I transitioned my home lab over to mini PCs. And, I have to say I haven’t looked back since the. They have fully…

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I continue to get more and more excited about the mini PC space and what is possible in the small form factor of computing. I am still rocking two MS-01’s…

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Since I have moved my home lab now to mostly mini PCs, I definitely keep my eyes open for great mini PC configurations and offerings that make sense for home…

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I have been all-in on mini PCs now for the past couple of years and have since gotten rid of my enterprise 2U servers and that create a lot of…

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I have totally shifted my home lab over to using mini PCs in the past couple of years. Full-blown enterprise servers, while cool, are simply not needed to self-host or…

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