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Daily discussion thread: 🦁 Friday, May 24, 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Anyone of you people got a Pi 5? Worth the upgrade? I'm thinking a simple desktop computer for the kids to have access to...

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Grab a second hand desktop from Ozbargian? A dell optiplex can go for like 150-200 bucks and run windows a bit more comfortably.

[–] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

I've got a similar mini HP machine that's an i7 with 8gb of ram that was about 150 second hand. Perfect torrent and media server.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

Especially if you can wait a month or two. New financial year often sees a huge influx of these as companies update their hardware.