It is a Thinnet client. They have been around for at least 26 years.
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2026
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Walk into any office or business that runs off the cloud or a local server and they will likely have dozens.. I mean dozens of these lying around.
I know the gaming community looks at these like a vampire looks at a rosary but it isn’t new tech or even a new concept.
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yeah Im so glad I finally went to linux for my personal computing. Really should have done it about a decade earlier.
Going back to the dumb terminal days of the 60s & 70s
Now with added surveillance and advertising!
I look forward to thrifting one in a few years, then installing Linux on it.
You can be sure that planned obsolescence can be done much easier on these kind of hardware. One tweak from the backend and "oops, looks like Microslop 365 OS can't run your thin client"
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Unlike Dell, Asus did mention a few more details - the system will pack DDR5 memory, HDMI, USB-A, USB-C, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and 2.5G Ethernet. Exact details regarding the USB and HDMI port were not offered, however.
Isn't the amount of memory kind of a tiny bit more important than which generation it is?
No, no. You misunderstood. You have a “memory” of a thing called DDR5, which you used to be able to afford and purchase. You are supposed to bring that memory with you to reminisce fondly while using this piece of junk Dell is trying to sell you.
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I see this going nowhere
For a few hundred bucks I have a mini PC with which I can do anything I want
This thing, even at half price, would only allow office365, with monthly payments.
Who the fuck would want that and not just spend a few bucks more and have an actual computer?
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Unless the pc is free, why the fuck would anyone use it?
Because an 8GB RAM stick costs $9,000 and hard drives literally can't be had at any price, but this shitty thin client thing is only $49.95 + $10/month subscription. ($25 per month if you want it with ~~no~~ fewer intrusive ads.)
Coming soon, to a dystopian AI future near you.
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Someone will install Linux on them and use them as a cheap barebones computer. I'm sure with a bit of jiggery-pokery they can be repurposed to something useful.
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These definitely could be pretty solid headless Linux serverboxes for microservices.
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Well, when the AI market crashes they will have lots of unused datacenters... Guess they found an use for that after all.
Businesses will adore this. I can guarantee a lot of us will be forced to use these at work, like Teams and CoPilot, as a further mega deal with Microsoft.
...But honestly, I think "home" buyers who don't really care about PC stuff, aka most people, would pick tablets over this.
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And so, the technofiefdom begins.
At least Linux runs well on old hardware (and still supports)