[mdlug] $80 Laptop

[Aaron Kulkis]

$18 for 1 TB microSD sounds like a counterfeit.  Probably actually holds a
bit under 16 GB at most, but has been doctored so that when queried, it
reports 1000000 MiB capacity.

On Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 23:24 Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Decent Linux review there.
> Max 64GB storage is a bit limited.  Good enough for a netbook with some
> online storage.
>
> I'm old enough to remember hitting Best Buy and CompUSA stores hunting for
> 3GB Maxtor drives on sale with rebates.  Upgraded several PCs with those.
> Yet I recently picked up a 512GB thumb drive for $45:
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099WY52VX
>
> This was just for aux storage on my OpenWRT router (
> https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/e8450 ).  Maybe I'll use it for netbooting
> LiveCD/DVD ISOs or apt-caching or something.
>
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 9:13 PM Gib <gibmaxn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just thought I'd share . . .
> >
> > Yeah, it has a really, really slow cpu. But really? A laptop for $80:
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.microcenter.com/product/646649/evolve-iii-maestro-116-laptop-computer-dark-grey
> >
> >
> > I also saw 1 tb micro sd card for $18 (I'm not sure why it has a really
> > long URL):
> >
> >
> >
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