HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Desktop Mini Business PC, Intel Quad-Core i5-6500T up to 3.1G,16G DDR4,240G SSD,VGA,DP,Win 10 Pro 64 bit-Multi-Language Support English/Spanish (Renewed)

I spent the last few work years developing automation using raspberry pi, so it made sense to have it as my daily drive and desktop. Now retired, I wanted to see how the rest of the Linux world was doing. I looked through my motley collection of old computers and decided I needed something more modern, nothing crazy, I'm not a gamer or video producer. I just needed a commodity desktop. On that front, not much has changed for years. I looked at what I could get new locally or online and wasn't impressed. But I did see huge numbers of these on sale at attractive prices. Off lease doesn't scare me I have the tools and knowledge to build PCs if needed. So, I found what seemed the best deal, Amazon renewed so I could send it back if hopeless. For $100, these old business models are pretty much on par with the new budget models I was looking at.So, what did I get? Slightly more than I ordered, this one had a 1tB ssd and it does have WIFI and Bluetooth internal. The ssd had been running for 5 years and was down to 9% life according to Crystal Diskinfo. But, it had Windows 10 Pro on it and works fine. The external antennas were missing but both WIFI and Bluetooth work OK. I didn't really have to do anything. But I added a nvme M2 ssd and put LinuxMint on it. I left the Windows on the original drive and if it fails eventually, no big deal, I don't use it anyways. But, it's a great deal for what I needed and more than fast enough as a Linux desktop. I am pleased, and as someone who has been in the game since before PCs, that's saying a lot. I would recommend if for someone who just needs an average desktop.

I got this to replace a previous refurbished computer that is a basic file server with multiple attached drives. The VGA interface was excellent, since I didn't need an enhanced video port. The 6 USB 3 ports also made it simple to connect my drives. The added option to use Remote Desktop was perfection out of the box. My system came looking brand new, and had a WIFI dongle taped to the top of the unit. I already had a wifi adapter so I never tried the dongle. I plugged everything in, booted the system, enabled remote desktop and went back to my computer and finished the setup and updates. I don't need to stay current with Windows 11, since the system really is just a file server and not an everyday machine. For less than 90 dollars... I am quite happy.

Works fine. I replaced the SSD and I use it as a server. It’s pretty good if you’re a self-hoster. If you get too greedy with CPU intensive tasks, or have suboptimal configurations, you’ll choke the CPU. If you want to be wild and run everything and a couple of LLMs, you probably gotta get something different.

This is a nice little machine. I needed something mounted on the back of a TV to collect home security camera feeds and display them on the TV. I'm using Reolink cameras. This machine has Win 10 Pro which makes it perfect. The Pro part means Windows has remote desktop networking built in so no keyboard or mouse is needed after setup. There was a WiFi dongle in the box which worked without having to install any drivers. It allowed me to unplug the ethernet cable I used to set the machine up and connect to it remotely. I saw a mention in a review that this has no bloatware. This is false. The computer came with tons of Microsoft garbage and trial subscriptions. I found a decrapifier script on the internet and cleaned all the unwanted junk off with the bonus of freeing up 200 gigabytes of precious disk space. You can hardly go wrong for the price although I'm not sure how long the built in fan is going to last since it is used and has mechanical parts that wear. For me the biggest advantage is an all in one ready to go turn key machine compared to a Raspberry Pi which would need much more stuff to be added and configured and would still not be as powerful.

All right so it turns out the Wi-Fi is built into this there was no dongle at first I was like oh no and I I seem like it was going to be like a bad situation I just powered it on I'm currently going through the first steps of the setup it did connect to the Wi-Fi without a problem with built-in adapter which is nice I prefer that over the dongle so I'm going to go and get this a test run for a month or a few months Etc and then I'll come back and update this review but as of right now it powered on I see no issues at this moment and I'll update in a few months when I have more actual applicable experience with this device and purchase