MINISFORUM UM350

I bought MINISFORUM UM350 without a second thought (:-), and I would like to play with it in various ways. However, for the time being, I intend to use it as it is on Windows, so it should not be too much trouble just to use it.
I thought I would be easy to start, but it took a long time to set up at the first startup. It seems that it is not stopping, but I think it must be strange that it is as slow as a dynabook N40 (excuse me!). I wondered if it was an initial defect. But as it turns out, it seems to be incompatible with the local language keyboard.
After about 2 hours? I finally finished the setup, I immediately tried to remove (uninstall) the keyboard driver from the device manager. Normally, it is better to be careful when deleting a driver of this kind, but as my experience shows, even if you delete the driver, it will be installed again soon automatically.
After removing the driver, I rebooted the PC. It seems to be running smoothly. So I'm happy (:-).

Mini PC

I have Linux installed in my dynabook N40 and it is running smoothly, but it freezes frequently, which is not good for my mental health. However, I am not ready to go back to Windows now, and so I would like to buy a mini PC, which is very popular nowadays.
Until about 10 years ago, when Japanese PC makers were still active (:-o), I used to follow them like which makers’ new models had what CPU and so on, but recently I have not been following them at all, so I do not know any of the makers, but in the area of mini PCs, various new makers have entered the market. And many of them look so good in price comparison. I think this is also a new thing nowadays, but there are plenty of review videos on Youtube, etc., so you can consider the product with a clear image of what you will be doing after purchasing it. It’s a great time we live in (:-).
At the moment, candidates are Beelink, Minisforum, GMKTEC so far. seem to have good specs at around $500 , so I think those are good choices.

Second Personal Computer

I am using a dynabook N40 with Ubuntu installed, but it freezes frequently, so I am considering buying a second computer. I think that one of the deciding points for a home computer was whether or not it could smoothly watch videos such as Youtube and Netflix a long time ago, but nowadays I think that such videos can be watched on FireTV, etc., I am using it with my REGZA’s HDMI and I watch it when I get tired of my Dynabook. The purposes of my home PC, excluding video viewing, can be generally categorized into the following, unless it is also used for work.

1. game-related
2. video editing
3. investing in stocks, cryptocurrencies, etc.
4. surfing the Internet (archaic word?).
5. others

I guess it’s like that. In my case, it is “5. others” + “Linux-install-hollic” (archaic word? lol) . Therefore, I do not need a high-spec CPU, and then I am considering a mini PC or a stick PC about the same size as a FireTV.