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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:24:55 +0000
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On 31/12/2024 12:04, chrisv wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF Quad Core i5-6500 is what it says it is
> 
> Ha!  I recently bought two of these for work.  Only $150 each with 16G
> RAM and an SSD and legal Win10 Pro.  Really a steal, if you don't need
> the Win11 HW requirements.

I've seen em as low as £75.

It really is more than good enough for my needs

I think they were sold in millions in 2015 -2016 and are all now 'fully 
depreciated' and being sold as scrap, minus the HDDs which get crushed.

Totally recommended to anyone as a cheap reliable vanilla Linux desktop. 
They just work.



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"I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah 
puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".