What hardware do you most want for Christmas?
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What hardware do you most want for Christmas?
In my case Id love to find a Raspberry Pi 400 but will be looking at upgrading my Radeon RX 570 video card if the prices are right.
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Well if this can be used for pie in the sky wishing, I think I would like to get one of those new M1 Macs. As far as things I could put to good immediate use, I could use a larger external backup drive.
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Id be interested in the M1 if it can run Linux.
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Prices arent good so the video card upgrade is probably going to have to wait. Maybe some better deals into next year.
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I find myself content enough with the Pinebook Pro that I went ahead and purchased the NVMe adaptor for it ($6) so I can add a proper hard drive. I also purchased the USB c dock they make for it ($40) and that was probably just a treat for me.
Of course they ship from China and do not ship until the 18th of December so I guess that would make them Chinese New Year hardware or perhaps something to keep me busy at home until the covid vaccine is available.
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Of course they ship from China and do not ship until the 18th of December so I guess that would make them Chinese New Year hardware or perhaps something to keep me busy at home until the covid vaccine is available.
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I gave up on buying from China after a few bad experiences. Even if its Chinese based I prefer they ship from a USA based location. I try to buy from USA based vendors whenever possible.
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I'd like a nice Mesh system so I can actually get wifi around the house - replace the awful Powerline units that just fail all the time.
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Powerline was a huge disappointment as it not only didnt work well but failed too often.
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My wife got a Logitech webcam for her special event work and a 2tb Seagate external drive as she maxed out her hard drive while working on video .
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