<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Ken Mandelberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:km@mathcs.emory.edu" target="_blank">km@mathcs.emory.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I just noticed the "lini PC" which is $399 in its base configuration.<br>
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<a href="http://www.linipc.com/technical-specifications.html" target="_blank">http://www.linipc.com/<u></u>technical-specifications.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.linipc.com/order.html" target="_blank">http://www.linipc.com/order.<u></u>html</a><br>
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How would it do as a combination backend/frontend?<br>
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I currently use an old Mac Mini with GMA graphics and an external USB 2.0 disk. It works well enough, but the GMA is not well supported in recent Linux distribution.<br>
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This would seem to be a pretty big step up in the same footprint and much cheaper than a newer Mac Mini. The HDMI and USB 3 would also solve some issues for me.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You could build it yourself for less. There is about $300 in parts, roughly, so you are paying $100 premium for the case, essentially. Other than that, it should work fine for what you want, assuming you aren't using PCI tuner cards. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Tom</div></div></div></div>