Upgrade Cycle

Now that I’ve seen I can easily stand up VM’s on this baby server, it’s apparent the first limitation I’ll run into is RAM. It has two laptop sized memory slots that can take up to 8GB apiece. So it could easily be doubled, but at a cost of around $70.

While I’m looking on eBay for RAM, the algorithm thinks I might be interested in this.

While I’m looking at the specs (4 cores - the current one has 2, double the RAM, bigger disk), eBay is like “Hey, how about this 20% off discount code - is thAt soMetHing ThAt miGHt HeLp yoU deCiDe?”

The rationalisation is that even with both, I’ve only spent the same as a single Pi4 for a lot more computing power, and I could in theory sell the first one (trying to get a licensed Windows back on to it could be an interesting challenge).

And anyway, I don’t smoke, and if your deduct the cost of the RAM, it’s only the price of three packs of cigarettes….

and really it’s an investment in my future job prospects….