Until the last few years of Intel falling on its face and Nvidia mopping up cash with crypto I would have never expected that Intel would turn into an underdog.
This also sucks because now Intel won't be competing in the GPU space, bringing it back to just AMD and Nvidia.
I personally think this is a better idea than an old laptop. Easier to work on if the fan or SSD ever dies, and the cooling is a little better than any cheaper laptops I have worked on.
It also wouldn't need to be a NUC, basically every PC company makes a SFF or 1L sized computer, I'm partial to the Lenovo but the Dell's are pretty nice too. I have about 8 Lenovo that are used as mini servers between home and work, on 24/7
I understand what you're saying, but I think the user counts and usages would matter big time. I used to run it on the smallest plan DO offered, but I haven't in a few years now. No idea if the usage requirements have grown over time, and that was just for 2 users.
I know a lot of people run it on a NAS in a VM or container, that's not exactly a dedicated machine either.
Look into digital ocean. They have pretty cheap hosting, like $6 a month last time I checked. You used to be able to get a month for free too. If it looks like a good option I can probably rustle you up a referral code.
The thing they really haven't caught onto yet is that this has been orchestrated. American farmers have been conglomerating for decades, and JD has some big investments in private equity agriculture to do exactly that. If they can't find workers or can't navigate the paperwork they will eventually have to sell the farm.
I've been using Qobuz for a few years. I'm on android and the car app is fine, but not amazing. I haven't had any drop outs but I choose CD quality on cell service and download a lot of my favorite albums.
The pixel art style looks nice. The furry characters don't appeal to me in the slightest. I bounced off of Dust because I just couldn't get into the furry world. Would I have the same issue with this game?
If it's not a Dell it's an HP Compaq. HP bought Compaq and used the name for branding for a while. It would have been one of the last Compaq branded towers.
Man's gotta sleep!