Recent content by ironk

it looks like some models from WD have it while others don't. Why would this part be "exposed" in certain models? True, everything is breakable, just don't want it to be extra fragile.

ok, I will look at those too, thanks. The problem with the others though from MSI or Zotac is that they don't usually come with a OS which ends up raising the total cost. The Nuc with the OS (Win 10 home) is about $200 to $230 for the ones I looked at.

The Celeron J3455 version of the NUC is about $30 more expensive than the Pentium N3700 after taxes. Is it worth spending $30 more for the J3455?

https://i.imgur.com/EyYqU3y.jpg I outlined it in red, but what is that part of the hard drive for? It looks like a red Led...is it made of glass or plastic? This from the back a WD drive (WD3200BVVT). I wonder if it that part is breakable if it is made of glass.

good points, I think what you are saying is correct. I won't be moving it around, so the cable can be attached with something in place. I will keep looking a bit more though...maybe there is a connector that works in this type of arrangement specifically and clicks in place.

I know, but what if sometime in the future I wanted the hard drive outside of the unit for some reason? I could try doing that to the cable, then it may become loose and come out of the pc connector easily. If the connector was a little higher then maybe the linked cables would've have worked...

sorry, I tried the same one from another company and it did not fit at the bottom (see link in first post).

I have been looking at mini pc's, and there is one that allows hard drive to be attached to the bottom (Acepc T11). It has the following connector at the bottom when the cover is removed: Picture of bottom I was trying to find a Sata extenstion cable that would fit in that connector, but so...

The Sharp machine is interesting....thanks. It looks like it probably has a adapter inside of it that is similar to ringdale link.

I know...but I would like to use my existing landline at home without signing up for a cloud service.

Are there any fax to email Hardware solutions for home? I am looking to just plug the device into the phone line (RJ11) and into a ethernet connection. That way, it will receive the fax and send it to a email address automatically. I searched, and found the following...

I will look into this more, but thanks everyone. :)

I guess I was asking more about going with a AC router or a N router. If you had a choice between the two, which one would you go with if health/safety was the concern? Certainly there many things that can cause problems but I think it is better to lessen them, especially inside the house. I...

I am looking into the health effects of AC routers vs N only routers and I am finding that many articles state that the 5ghz frequency is safer than 2.4ghz? However, isn't AC more than just 5ghz and maybe transmits signals at a much higher "rate" and distance? I am wondering if it is better to...

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