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Topic: What is the cheapest hobo build out there?

Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago #46,154

That at least allows you to program, write word documents, use spreadsheets and power points, and can reasonably access the Internet and stream video.

I really want to construct a hobo PC for some reason.

gruppi joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 13 minutes later[^] [v] #609,327

Raspberry Pi

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 12 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #609,328

@previous (gruppi)
Isn't that just a processor?

gruppi replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #609,330

@previous (A)
No

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 20 minutes later, 49 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #609,335

@OP
Go to your nearest Bigbox store and buy the cheapest bottom shelf PC or laptop. Your're there! I'm currently running on a Compaq dual Celeron. It doesn't game. It can run gcc and Eclipse in Ubuntu. It can triple boot Linux, Windows 7, and Kit Kat on native partitions. It can run gcc, torrent and show movies and TV, and run OpenOffice. The computer is crap, but it works for what I need it to do.

I once surfed MC on a Pentium 3 desktop and launched bot attacks at Kimmo with an old P3 Desktop connected by a home-made (no really, I soldered that shit myself) crossover cable to a second-hand laptop that was stealing my neighbor's WiFi and running FireStarter to forward the Internet connection.

EDIT: Or just dig a laptop/PC out of the trash and work on it. Collect parts and piece them together. It'll work out eventually. That's kind of where the P3 Desktop and second-hand laptop above came from.

(Edited 2 minutes later.)

FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 4 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,377

buy a used thinkpad and install ubuntu

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,378

> inb4 Commodore 64

FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI replied with this 11 years ago, 15 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,379

@previous (E)
can you really run an office clone on a Commodore?

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 9 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,380

@609,327 (gruppi)

> Raspberry Pi

Anonymous E replied with this 11 years ago, 9 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,383

@609,379 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
Of course you can.

FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI replied with this 11 years ago, 3 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,408

@previous (E)
how much does a Commodore cost?

Syntax joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 37 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,424

@previous (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
Yikes look at this Commodore on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/151777459562?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82
$629.99 and wot wot? Returns NOT accepted LoL

@609,380 (F)
> Rasberry Pi
I read this article some time ago - How $35 computer turned into a $150 project -
http://www.zdnet.com/article/raspberry-pi-how-i-spent-almost-150-on-a-35-computer/

Qualcomm a couple of times a year and I suspect many large companies dump working computers - most donated to schools and many go directly to Goodwill etc
Bet one could get a desktop loaded with software dirt cheep -

Methlyfe !KansasxqvM joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 8 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,428

Are you talking about price or specs? Because you can get free or ridiculously cheap computers if look hard enough that would easily do the stuff you're talking about. If you mean specs just look up the minimum requirements for the most intensive program you want to run and go from there. If you wanna keep it a true hobo build consider casing the beast in cardboard.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,437

buy a netbook

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 6 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #609,439

@previous (I)
I forgot about these, despite having one somewhere.
It's like how tablets replaced flip phones.
Sort of.
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