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Offline Bushman

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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2015, 01:03:36 PM »
Great deal.  The only priviso is that you need to see if the BIOS suppurts powering on after power outage.  My Asus netbook does not.
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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2015, 09:45:01 AM »
One word of caution, Intel does not support their GMA graphics anymore. So if you plan to get a PC with it, you will be limited to using Windows 7 32 bit or older OSes... Or Linux.

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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2015, 09:57:45 AM »
One word of caution, Intel does not support their GMA graphics anymore. So if you plan to get a PC with it, you will be limited to using Windows 7 32 bit or older OSes... Or Linux.

No harm there.  :)
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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2015, 09:59:25 AM »
I did a quick read and the Win7 drivers will work with Win8 but why? There was word that Win10 will resolve the problem will have drivers.

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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2015, 10:22:57 AM »
It is possible to use the Win7 drivers on Win8, but the issue that I've had was that with any of the "Metro" apps, the Driver would crash forcing me to reboot.
Not a big issue since I don't really use those apps anyway, but all the default programs for files is set to use them. It was really annoying, try to open a file, and I might as well be telling the graphics driver to crash.  ](*,)

But I did learn something from it, Before getting a PC, look into driver support.  :roll:

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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2015, 04:36:08 PM »
I am using a LIVA mini PC (less than 80 bucks on Newegg). Works very well.

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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2015, 04:49:46 PM »
I am using a LIVA mini PC (less than 80 bucks on Newegg). Works very well.

That can't include memory, HD or ?  They are $300 on Newegg.
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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2015, 04:54:38 PM »
Yes it includes everything besides the software. The software was free for me since it is for University use. It is out of stock now on Newegg, but I paid 80 bucks for it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856501007&cm_re=LIVA-_-56-501-007-_-Product

My calculation for the draw is only 5W but the WIFI/bluetooth is off and it most of the time not drawing much. I could be off a little (they advertise as 15 watts but that is for the what the charger is rated for).
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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2015, 04:56:09 PM »
You scored a heckuva deal.  They are still available elsewhere - $250.
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Re: Mini PC for Weather Station ?
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2015, 04:59:13 PM »
I had no idea at the time as I thought they were discounted to make place for the new model. With my school edu email, I knocked off another $10.