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?

  • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz
    191·
    1 day ago

    I find it’s pretty much all the same, whether it is qotom, topton, minisforum, cwwk or beelink.
    When they work, they work. When they don’t then their support/warranty doesn’t either is my experience.

    I would probably go for a refurbished hp elite/pro mini or lenovo m tiny if I was gonna set my parents up with a small and efficient desktop for some reason.

    • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml
      2·
      16 hours ago

      A lenovo m tiny with 500 GB ssd costs about 100 euros. Solid choice. I have one running proxmox for two years now.

    • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      22 hours ago

      I had a good experience with mine when the fan failed. They asked for a video, then sent me a replacement fan.

    • Godort@lemmy.ca
      5·
      1 day 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