I guess if you really, really want Windows. Otherwise, I don’t get it.
Who said anything about Windows? I bet this would be great with Linux or OpenBSD.
Could be. Give it a shot. I am admittedly suspicious whenever Windows is the headline but it could be decent hardware. My personal choice has been to buy a powerful but efficient machine that can run serval servers. That way I have some flexibility and performance and reliability isn’t usually a concern.
there's also an Ubuntu version for $99 with wifi as the default, but ethernet controller is more money. looks interesting.
would this be any better than a Raspi?