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These seem like ideal machines for workstations, for mom and dad, and for virtualization hosts.

This model, the Beelink EQi12 even has a built in power supply so managing them in a rack is also super handy. And of course the price is not too shabby either.

I have had pretty good luck with these in the past but I'm interested in hearing other's experiences, if any.

I can't imagine that they are 100% on top of firmware updates, but have they had issues in the past with Windows keys or any other shady stuff I should know about?

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[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

I grabbed a pair of 8th gen i5 m70q tinys that were being decommissioned. A 64GB RAM kit and a new SSD to replace the destroyed ones and I now have a pretty serviceable Proxmox cluster to play with for about $600 CAD