Wanted: urgent shopping advice for NUC-like desktop

[M. Fioretti]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 08:31:44 AM +1000, Jared Norris wrote:

Hi Jared,

First of all, thanks for describing your specific system: that's
exactly what I am looking for: more names of specific
**systems/products** known to work well, so I can search THOSE in
Amazon, and only compare those results, instead of the many more for
"NUC" or "minicomputer". Here is the reason, hoping to get similar
answers:

> I guess the question is a little unclear. If you have a short list
> of potential options surely you just purchase the best one you can
> afford at the time from that list?

Yes, and no. To begin with "the best one" is always... pretty tricky
to spot, with something as complex as computers. If that were not the
case, there would not be so many forums specifically devoted to
endless discussions on this very topic, each valid only until the next
marketing cycle.

Besides that, what I do have now is very different, that is a short
list of usable potential **sellers**, meaning that I could get a
computer soon enough for my needs only from Amazon or the closest
mediaworld store. But even so, there are many tens of products to
choose from, partly because Amazon's filters really really suck in my
experience. Without more targeted advice it is really easy to get lost
among them, and end up with something suboptimal. That, and being in a
real hurry, is why I am asking certain questions.

Marco