Thanks anyway and also for you wifi help.
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WiFi signal booster for shed work shop.
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Fairly common question. Check out these possible solutions.
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It is highly unlikely you are going to get 16g ram and a ssd drive machine for $200
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Hi Harry,
I've had good luck with refurbished systems from NewEgg
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At your price point there's really nothing new worth buying but off-lease corporate machines from Dell, Lenovo, HP, etc. still have lots of life in them. I'm using a refurbished system from them now that I've had for maybe 4 years.
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This is the one I recently bought for my CNC machine.
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I upgraded the RAM and SDD with parts I already had and obviously didn't need to buy a monitor. But yeah, your budget might need to go up a bit....
John
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I upgraded the RAM and SDD with parts I already had and obviously didn't need to buy a monitor. But yeah, your budget might need to go up a bit....
John
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I bought a Lenovo Mini M73 for $200 but had the 128 SSD in house. It sits in my observatory in the backyard to control telescope and cameras.
There all sorts of refrubs in different configurations at a whole range of pricing. From auction sites to major store sites.
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There all sorts of refrubs in different configurations at a whole range of pricing. From auction sites to major store sites.
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Yep I'm looking at refurbs as there are some good deals and my needs are very basic, internet research, youtube machining videos, pandora music.
I'm currently researching the Beelink line of mini PC (https://www.amazon.com/stores/Beelink/page/E76F7A4A-070E-428C-9129-832B18C1493F?ref_=ast_bln) and I probably will take a gamble on one of the lower end ones as my shed pc time will only be a few hours each morning and afternoon and probable 99% of the time playing pandora.
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What about a smart TV? I realize internet research isn't as easy but....
You could get a 50" TCL (which I feel are quite good) for about what you want to spend.
You could get a 50" TCL (which I feel are quite good) for about what you want to spend.
While a good idea space is at a premium in my 10x14
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That's easy for that price.
I have a Dell XPS13 running Linux out in the shop. It's been there since Turkey Week.
Only 8GB of RAM though. . .
It's a hand-me-down from my Son.
Funny how that works out, (20) years ago he was getting my graphics workstation(s) hand-me-downs for gaming.
Now it's reversed. . .
I put the following extender in the garage. Garage is detached from the house by ~12', location from the laptop to Asus router was less than 25', and yet I had poor connections -too much metal.
Had 5x5 when I put it in last fall. then this spring the signal dropped. I have it stung up in the corner closest to the house so this spring I started leaving the side door open, well it's metal clad and the extender is blocked by it. -DUH.
I should have, in hindsight, strung CAT6 when I put in Honey's spa and ran a new feed to the shop sub-panel. Double -DUH
I have a Dell XPS13 running Linux out in the shop. It's been there since Turkey Week.
Only 8GB of RAM though. . .
It's a hand-me-down from my Son.
Funny how that works out, (20) years ago he was getting my graphics workstation(s) hand-me-downs for gaming.
Now it's reversed. . .
I put the following extender in the garage. Garage is detached from the house by ~12', location from the laptop to Asus router was less than 25', and yet I had poor connections -too much metal.
Had 5x5 when I put it in last fall. then this spring the signal dropped. I have it stung up in the corner closest to the house so this spring I started leaving the side door open, well it's metal clad and the extender is blocked by it. -DUH.
I should have, in hindsight, strung CAT6 when I put in Honey's spa and ran a new feed to the shop sub-panel. Double -DUH
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