stevielynne28
9 de enero de 2025
Excellent, lightweight, super portable portable mini computer!
UPDATE #2: It has now been almost 1.5 years since I purchased this back in November 2024. I was working away from home last month and had a terrifying moment when I set everything up and turned it on and got the blue screen of death. I did a hard shut down, turned it back on and got the screen for my monitor and name with a blue circle turning and nothing happening on startup with the Kamrui. I waited 20 minutes and did a hard shut down several times. Eventually it said something about "repairing" something and did I want to continue. I said yes. It did the circle thing for another 20 minutes and then finally booted up. After that I had no issues for several weeks. Then last week, same thing happened upon startup. I started searching for information on this particular device and startup issues and read to do a hard shutdown, unplug anything connected via USB, and then restart. It started right up - no issues. I then only did "restarts" instead of actual shut downs for the remainder of the week, but was traveling again so I had to power it down yesterday for my commute. It worked fine yesterday, but today when I turned it back on I got the circle again. After panicking a couple of times and trying hard restarts, I remembered the USB issue and unplugged those, turned it back on and it booted right up. SOOOO - if you ever have the scary circle or repair screen pop up on startup, do a hard shut down, unplug all your peripherals except your monitor and power cord and then restart. After it boots up correctly, then reconnect your peripherals. I have no idea WHY it is doing that, but at least I know how to fix the issue now. Other than that minor annoyance, the computer still works great. Super quick, great sound, great visuals, doesn't heat up much at all and I'm only utilizing half the memory.UPDATE: It is now a little over 2 months from when I purchased and started using this. I had some sort of update overnight and when I turned on my computer, after entering my passcode, it gave me an error that my "user profile failed to load" and my main screen looked liked a fresh install with hardly any apps on there. I couldn't open Notepad, Word, and none of my auto logins were working. My files were still there that I had added recently. I rebooted twice. I was still having issues even after logging back into my Windows and Google accounts, and it appeared to still be updating Windows, so I let it run the update in the background for another 10 minutes, then shut computer off and rebooted one more time. At that fourth boot, everything came back up looking normal. My classic windows shell was back, my background and regular screen saver were back, my icons on my desktop were in their correct spots. It was very weird. My advice to you is disable automatic windows updates when you first get this, and just try and remember to do those regularly at a time that suits YOU, so you don't get your work schedule impacted by a random update. Don't immediately panic if you wake up one day to what looks like a fresh install/brand new computer appearance. Let the computer percolate for 10-15 minutes, then turn off and reboot in safe mode or reboot several times until you get back to the regular working device you are used to. I will update how things are going with the system again at the end of 6 months. NOTE: I do carry this in a heavily padded bag with other devices when I travel for work frequently. So it does get plugged/unplugged, and wagged around a lot. Not sure if that affects it or not, but since it has 2 SSDs and a sturdy plastic shell, it should be impervious to bumps and knocks, especially since it is very well protected inside the bag.I'm a remote medical transcriptionist who also pet sits away from home. Why get paid for one job when you can get paid to 2 or 3 simultaneously?! I normally use a 17-inch laptop and a portable monitor when I travel, but recently I started getting the blue screen of death showing up on my laptop periodically. While it was still functional and I could transfer my programs from it, I decided to find a new device. The current crop of laptops were fairly pricey for the size RAM I wanted and most only have one or two USB connections now and I need at least 3, preferably 4. Also, some laptops have data only transfer on their USB-C connections so rather than deal with that I decided to check into mini PCs. This one had great ratings and I really liked the fact that I could increase it by adding an additional 2.5" SSD drive. It's super easy to do that. Just release a latch, slightly angle and insert your drive until it connects and seats into the slot. I know have a computer with two hard drives with an additional Terabyte of storage. It boots up lightning fast and I was able to download Windows, Word, and all my other applications with no issue whatsoever. I had cloned my laptop to the SSD, so upon booting it up for the first time my screen saver, settings, icons, etc. were already in place. I LOVE that it has two HDMI connections. I didn't think I needed that, until I started working at a facility where I needed to utilize TWO 24" monitors when I'm away from home and not able to use my 39" monitor. This KAMRUI mini PC weights next to nothing and it's just barely larger in diameter than a slice of sandwich bread. In addition to the two HDMI ports, it comes with 4 USB ports, a headset jack, and the power cord. It's so small and light, I'm now able to use it as a portable computer in place of my laptop and I just leave my laptop set up to work on when I'm at home. When I purchased it they were on sale for $130 and I see they are around the same price currently, so I'll probably invest in another one to clone my laptop to and keep on hand for when my laptop finally bites the dust, so that I can have fully functional workstations wherever I am and won't have to keep unhooking/rehooking things up every week or two.Ver másVer menos
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