I just got one of these things for me mom, what should I expect?
>>107133545>future of computing thread128gb RAM + NPU
>>107133614I was impressed how for 150 eurodollars you get gen 8 i5 desktop performance, this could make a great server farm
>>107133545>what should I expect?loud fans, 95C idling, dies suddenly, shit bios, no warranty, no support besides the threads made on hardware forums by the 14 people who got scammed and bought these and are now crying about it.
>>107133545I put Jellyfin on mine and it's aight.
>>107133663could most of those just simply be skill issue? I bet if you disable clock boost and de-bloat OS it will be just fine
>>107133663you've never used a mini pc and it shows, the beelinks are silent>>107133545Just reformat it before she uses it and you're good. Acemagic ones had malware preinstalled for a bit and I don't trust any of these manufacturers either.
what is there to discuss technologically about the form factor? This seems like the least interesting part of any computer
>>107133749the model I ordered has win 11 on it I will put win 10 and firewall everything except browser. I got pi-hole running and ungoogled+ublock
>>107133790people run emulators and servers on these, it's better than raspberry pi 5 for the money
>>107133716no, it's just shit hardware.would have been skill issue of actual good mini pc's like Optiplexes Thinkcentres Elitedesks had the same horde of issues, but they dont. i myself have a stack of six gen10 Elitedesks minis for clustering stuff, they are awesome and no Beechink can touch them.
>>107133545> what should I expect?A nice client>>107133658Yes, but for anything else than a dumb client it is highly advised to use only branded ones. Chink ones are known to have issues (I had), see >>107133663 >>107133810
>>107133810it's hard to believe that something that sells so much is that bad. If normies use it just fine a good de-bloat and thermal management should make it reliable enough.
>>107133749>the beelinks are silentyou should make like a Beelink and stop posting then.
>>107133834yepthe only actual reason people get these is because raspberry pis are stupidly expensive. if a pi5 was $40 nobody would give a shit about this whole topic.
>>107133841I bet most of those fails are because of normies downloading crypto miners and running it at full power for weeks
>>107133851My SER8 has been my daily driver for a year now. Random anecdotal reviews about lemons prove nothing, show actual failure rates or stfu. Also all these people are getting 100% refunds because Amazon takes everything back.
>>107133841They are not bad, he's just mindbroken by china and in permanent seethe mode.
Probably your moms house burning down in a fire
Being her tech-support forever.
>>107133841>something that sells so muchwhere? in China and a couple of poverty subreddits?who exactly do you think is actively looking for and buying a Beelink in western countries?if you got the money to spare you get a mac mini, if you dont there are 9000 decomissioned Dell/HP mini micro pc's on local markets or refurb stores that come with proper warranty and support in case something breaks and millions of forum posts about any issue or hack ever made.such a delusional autistic bubble you're living in. unironically touch grass.
>>107133545>>107133663I got a similar mini PC to use as a HTPC, but it kept overheating and shutting down when playing video. This was with a fresh install of Arch with Xfce. Replaced it with a used thinkpad.Would not recommend.
>>107133901>show actual failure rates of these two models bought by 8 people why? nobody cares.
>>107133895DESU I'd expect a system to be reliable even if that was the case.
>>107133963considering how small the case is and how probably shit quality the fan is I do not. That said underclocking compensates that.
>>107133937she knows how to pirate music and movies, just needs a new pc
>>107133962I got a minisforum for my mom and it's been running fine for a year now too. do you have an actual suggestion for OP or do you just want to shit on minipcs
>>107133949>if you got the money to spare you get a mac minilol
>>107133663Mine is ops picrel and its under load currently with no fan noise and its sitting st 49c for cpu, 59c for nvme. Nice LARP. Jellyfin server for what it's worth.
>>107134121depends on OS, I have a n100 mini pc and with windows the fans were constantly on. Switched to linux and the fans basically never turn on unless I'm doing actual work on it
>>107133545they look nice, but all in all you get more bang for your bucks with a laptop
>>107134457a new laptop for under 150?
>>107134447Fair, but who is running Windows on this thing?
>>107134829I am running Windows on a N5095 thing (which is worse than N100)
>>107134897I'm not doubting you can, I'm just confused why you would want to.
>>107135489the most common use case is cheap clients, office, a bit of web browsing and that's it. They're perfect for this as they're disposable, cheap and small. In my case it's my mom's pc
>>107133545>what should I expect?a new daddy
