i absolutely +1 refurbished machines, amazon has a great selection of them as well.

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 10:48 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
Look at this  :  https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/gd1e

It is a monster!!  16 Cores, 24 Threads.  I'd double the RAM and make it
into a virtualization box.  Look at the Bench Mark  : 
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-13700&id=4992

Yikes!!




On 2023-04-18 08:44, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> I  got a buddy who needs a new computer. He is retired so only needs
> something for the internet. I am suggesting a chromebook but don't
> know what specs he should look for. What do you guys think?
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