So, basically, a headless laptop with a custom linux distro. 2K at that. Alrighty then.
Don't forget the USB3 of X230
SQLite with a somewhat usable GUI ...
In typical organizations, you always have a grizzled backend developer well-versed in creating REST backends in Java and a frontend developer well-versed in whatever. So you play to their strengths.
The last "new" computer I bought was a laptop in 2011. A 13-inch Macbook Pro with a 2nd gen i7. After that, I've always bought used, as the place where I'm in right now, the people prefer the newest shit, so I happily…
If it's one of those small ones (thinkpad x60 and x2xx generation), use it as a robot controller. Put it on top of an iRobot Create and experiment with robotics.
So, basically, a headless laptop with a custom linux distro. 2K at that. Alrighty then.
Don't forget the USB3 of X230
SQLite with a somewhat usable GUI ...
In typical organizations, you always have a grizzled backend developer well-versed in creating REST backends in Java and a frontend developer well-versed in whatever. So you play to their strengths.
The last "new" computer I bought was a laptop in 2011. A 13-inch Macbook Pro with a 2nd gen i7. After that, I've always bought used, as the place where I'm in right now, the people prefer the newest shit, so I happily…
If it's one of those small ones (thinkpad x60 and x2xx generation), use it as a robot controller. Put it on top of an iRobot Create and experiment with robotics.