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Endless Mission One review

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  1. howell.sebastian says:

    It was severely under-powered in its previous “mini” iteration, and it is still awful.  It’s using a three-year-old “Baytrail” (Atom) CPU with only 1MB of cache.

    I liked the reference to it looking like you would find it at Whole Foods, except that it is missing a crank or cow methane power supply.

  2. Joseph Green says:

    Sorry, a boutique operating system relegates this one to the “no go” stack.

  3. rodriguez.chance says:

    IMO, a much better option is Dell Refurbished. They often run 40-60% off specials. For example, yesterday a desktop PC with Core i5, 4GB RAM, and Windows 7 was about $115. Admittedly not a beefy setup and less sleek looking than the Mission, but for less than half the price, I’d personally go with the Dell refurb.

  4. zulauf.sophia says:

    IMO:

    There has been this unicorn hunt going on for years:  the elusive, super-cheap PC.  Linux fans insist that any old computer will run Linux just fine.  Well, no… the typical Linux distribution has gotten so enormous, with hundreds of thousands of individual packages, that are constantly getting updated.  A slow CPU with slow memory and storage access makes it a nightmare to maintain such a system.  I’ve tried running Linux on Raspberry Pi and other ARM systems, and unless you are endlessly patient, it’s just too slow to get any real work done.

    The Mission Mini has these specs:

    Quad Core CPU up to 1.50 GHz

    2GB RAM

    64 GB Solid State Storage

    It’s a loser.

    Neverware has a better solution:  CloudReady, a Chrome OS build that runs very well on slow/old/used PCs.  Because it’s Chrome OS, it has a very small footprint, and the management and maintenance are much easier.  Schools that have inventories of old laptops and can’t afford new Chromebooks are adopting it like crazy.
    https://www.neverware.com

  5. astoltenberg says:

    Dan, small typo in paragrah 1 I think. “build” instead of “built” ?

  6. ihuel says:

    I like the look of the Mission One (like a Tivoli radio), and I love the idea of minimalist Linux PCs, but for $250 I can find a low end Windows laptop with better specs that I can dock with the monitor & keyboard I’d still need to get for this. I’d rather pick up a few Raspberry Pis.

  7. Betty Willms says:

    It was severely under-powered in its previous “mini” iteration, and it is still awful.  It’s using a three-year-old “Baytrail” (Atom) CPU with only 1MB of cache.

    I liked the reference to it looking like you would find it at Whole Foods, except that it is missing a crank or cow methane power supply.

  8. jnienow says:

    Sorry, a boutique operating system relegates this one to the “no go” stack.

  9. Al Goyette says:

    IMO, a much better option is Dell Refurbished. They often run 40-60% off specials. For example, yesterday a desktop PC with Core i5, 4GB RAM, and Windows 7 was about $115. Admittedly not a beefy setup and less sleek looking than the Mission, but for less than half the price, I’d personally go with the Dell refurb.

  10. Mr. Ralph O'Keefe says:

    IMO:

    There has been this unicorn hunt going on for years:  the elusive, super-cheap PC.  Linux fans insist that any old computer will run Linux just fine.  Well, no… the typical Linux distribution has gotten so enormous, with hundreds of thousands of individual packages, that are constantly getting updated.  A slow CPU with slow memory and storage access makes it a nightmare to maintain such a system.  I’ve tried running Linux on Raspberry Pi and other ARM systems, and unless you are endlessly patient, it’s just too slow to get any real work done.

    The Mission Mini has these specs:

    Quad Core CPU up to 1.50 GHz

    2GB RAM

    64 GB Solid State Storage

    It’s a loser.

    Neverware has a better solution:  CloudReady, a Chrome OS build that runs very well on slow/old/used PCs.  Because it’s Chrome OS, it has a very small footprint, and the management and maintenance are much easier.  Schools that have inventories of old laptops and can’t afford new Chromebooks are adopting it like crazy.
    https://www.neverware.com

  11. Mertie Schiller says:

    Dan, small typo in paragrah 1 I think. “build” instead of “built” ?

  12. stracke.michel says:

    I like the look of the Mission One (like a Tivoli radio), and I love the idea of minimalist Linux PCs, but for $250 I can find a low end Windows laptop with better specs that I can dock with the monitor & keyboard I’d still need to get for this. I’d rather pick up a few Raspberry Pis.

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