![]() ![]() yup a lot more network, this time Docker stuff this step is pretty much just network access (cloning GH repos) The times listed are the Real time from time(1). I did include the preliminary Python setup steps here too, so that’s a lot more compiling. The day job mostly entails writing software that interfaces with Open edX in some manner, so I’ve run it on much faster systems than these two.) However, it’s worth noting that some of these steps are very network bound, and those steps are noted as such. Open edX is a pretty big thing - a full “large and slow” setup ends up with 14 Docker containers - and there’s a smattering of compiling stuff and decompression and database ops and all that, so it seemed like a good fit. The workload I chose was setting up an Open edX devstack instance on each from scratch. But, they ranged from 7-10MB/s when both were hitting the network simultaneously to about 15MB/s when one got full shouting rights over the cable, and they were run so they were both basically sharing space all the time. The Ethernet connection is somewhat bottlenecked as I’m using the two Ethernet ports on the TP-Link Deco P9 mesh pod in the room where they are, and that’s generally using the slower HomePNA powerline backhaul to the rest of the netwrok. To do the drag race, I set both of these up with Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS with full updates, pyenv, and Docker Engine and connected them to my network via Ethernet. swapped it for a known-good 256GB drive but not sure if that was just weirdness or that the pack-in drive is flaky) The differences are memory, CPU, and storage (outside the SATA).ĪK2: J3455 - Celeron J3455 Apollo Lake (4c4t), 6GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, no NVMe slot (there is an open slot but it’s Mini-PCI for some reason)ĪK2 “Pro”: N5095 - Celeron N5095 Jasper Lake (4c4t), 12GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD (this came with an SSD that threw a ton of errors during Ubuntu installation. Similar things on each: both have 2x HDMI ports, a smattering of USB 2 and 3 ports, RTL8111-family GbE network, onboard single-port SATA, AC wireless (one with an Intel card, one with a Realtek). They were bought for other things, but I figured why not see what the difference is between a couple of generations of Celeron? They’re very cosmetically similar PCs, of the “AK2” variety, that you can get on the Amazon for between $70 and $175 depending on what deals are going on and spec. ![]() ![]() I got a couple of those weird mini NUC-style PCs. Two mini PCs, facing off against each other in a race that’s somewhat network dependent. Either way, you need to decide if you want to save a bit of money on 10.5 or get iWork and iLife as part of the package.Computing modern-computing cheap-thrills docker My current Mac came with 10.5 so the upgrade to 10.6 was cheap. I was a ludite happy with OS 9 on a Wee Pismo. I saved $$$ when I bought retail 10.3 and 10.4 disks. I see someone is selling gray disks from a iMac! Buy that. The ones advertising as "Retail" tend to run on the higher end. Just scanning eBay you will find 10.5 running from ~40 to ~200. You are essentially paying ~140 for 10.5 plus the added goodies of iLife and iWork. If you want to save $ you may be able to get 10.5 from a dealer-RETAIL DISK-say on ebay, but if you poke around HERE you will find that often results in people buying machine-specific DVDs which become glorified coasters. Apparently, you can but it is more expensive. Salsoulkid I did not think you could unless you already had 10.5. According to my Mactracker, the highest OS is 10.5.8. ![]()
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