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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • Apple really doesn’t offer me anything I want to do above and beyond what Android offers that makes the cost of transition worth it. I’ve been on Android for 13 years, I’m very used to it, know all the tricks. I like the level of control Android gives, I’ve loaded custom roms in the past and I side load apps now. I’ve also never had a (modern) Apple product and never had the need to set up any Apple accounts, so it’d be a pain starting completely fresh.










  • A lot of people start on used small form factor desktops like the ASUS PS52. Other common ones are the Lenovo M series tiny desktops, Dell Optiplex micro desktops or Intel NUCs. These can sometimes be found used for sub $100 a piece from businesses updating their fleets. They can struggle a bit doing stuff that needs some CPU grunt, like live plex transcoding, but are decent otherwise, especially considering the low power draw. You might want to consider spreading that software demand over two or three of them.