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Intel is quitting on its adorable, powerful, and upgradable mini NUC computers (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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Damn, this is a sad day for the homelab.

The article says Intel is working with partners to "continue NUC innovation and growth", so we will see what that manifests as.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I think there's a niche for a computer slightly more powerful than a raspberry pi, with no need for active cooling, capable of running as a basic always-on server.

The Intel NUCs were always a bit too expensive for that, and the Raspberry Pis are slightly underpowered (plus the SD-card as the primary storage is limiting). But, there are increasingly ways that people who aren't massive computer geeks would want an always-on computer. Things like a home security system, a media downloader, a home automation machine, etc. The power consumption, noise and size of a desktop computer is just overkill for that. A Raspberry Pi could be, but the default versions are not designed as servers. They're more robotics sandboxes.

[–] SteWi 1 points 1 year ago

They are out there but not in large quantities.

i.e. my new home server runs on an odroid H3

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