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Computers Under $100

Computers Under $100. Joey Cardenas. What will you be doing?. DIY Projects Media Streamer Security Education. Understand Your Options. DIY Computers Pre-Owned Virtual Machine. DIY Computers. Inside the MicroPc. CPUs ARM Processors ATOM Processors. DIY Computers.

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Computers Under $100

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  1. Computers Under $100 Joey Cardenas

  2. What will you be doing? • DIY Projects • Media Streamer • Security • Education

  3. Understand Your Options • DIY Computers • Pre-Owned • Virtual Machine

  4. DIY Computers

  5. Inside the MicroPc • CPUs • ARM Processors • ATOM Processors

  6. DIY Computers • BeagleBone Black - $49 • Most powerful ARM Processor • Best for hardware expandability • Click Boards • Raspberry Pi (b+) - $35 • Biggest commercial support • Best for beginners

  7. Alternative DIY Computers • UDOO (basic) - $99 • Supports Arduino Natively* • More GPIO • Banana Pi (b+) ~ $45 • Faster than Raspberry Pi • Hardware improvements

  8. Keyboard • Storage (SD Card) • Mouse • Monitor • USB cable Additional Expenses Hardware

  9. Pre-Owned

  10. Pre-Owned • Generally more powerful hardware • Much cheaper • Experiment more

  11. Pre-Owned Resources • Ebay • Craigslist • Goodwill • Surplus Auctions

  12. Tips buying pre-owned • Wipe whatever data is on there • Darricks Boot and Nuke • Buy Bulk • DO NOT LOAD WINDOWS XP • Use a Linux distribution • Ubuntu • Kali • Debian

  13. Virtual Machines

  14. Advantages • Portable • Easiest set up • Practically free • Typically faster (hardware)

  15. What You Need Virtual Machine Operating System Any Linux distribution Firefox or Chrome OS Windows OS X • Oracle Virtual Box (free) • VMWare Fusion ($70) • Parallels ($80)

  16. Summary of Advantages • DIY Computers • Best for tinkers • Education • Most value • Pre-Owned • Powerful • Cheapest • Low opportunity cost • Virtual Machines • Convenient • Simplest • Practical

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