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Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM (9to5mac.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It sounds a lot more cost effective to get a used mini-pc than a flagship phone for any sort of server stuff.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    literally this, anything other than a phone is going to be more purpose suited. cheaper, and probably more versatile. You're spending money on a really expensive screen that you are literally not going to be using. You might as well buy something with a shitty screen, or none at all.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I got a ThinkCentre M700 with an i7-6700, 16gb of ram and a 256gb SSD for $70 total. It's really hard to get a phone with anywhere near that value for money.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    exactly, even if we're talking buying brand new modern desktop hardware. The sheer benefit you gain of having an sata port, and being able to stuff an 18TB exos drive on it, for example, will immediately pay itself off in terms of what cloud storage would cost, while also not being limited to your internet uplink speeds. You could easily run 10gig if you really wanted to. Although realistically, 2.5gb is going to be more apt.

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