Mini PC vs laptop?

Another advantage is that its 12v, which makes it ideal for a direct connect to  battery for remote install that you could easily access using remote desktop or something. Don't know what the sound card is like but I previously used an external sound card anyway.

I cant think of a drawback yet.

It may have a fan. I see a vent there so there's space there may be. But it's vented. But you have a Celeron processor albeit a higher performing version of it ... 5000 series and usually laptops with celeron processors don't have fans, just an internal heat sink. I use for broadcasting a Lenovo small 11 inch with a 4000 series celeron and has no fan. Minus the Keypad and Monitor it should be good. I don't see what could be wrong with it. It probably uses the same chips/parts as a full laptop uses.
You can see those on Amazon too.

For the price, it wouldn't hurt to get it and try it.  You can always use it for a paperweight or something similar if things don't work out.

But seriously, it has USB 3, expandable storage (including micro sd).  Decent wireless.  A little bit older bluetooth, but still OK.  Everything you really need, given the fact you have all the other accessories.

The only thing I've found with these smaller computers (and all in one cheaper laptops for that matter) is that they really can't handle a great deal of data throughput.  But you're only going to use it for broadcasting, which doesn't require a whole heck of a lot.

Oh, and if you read down further in the specs on e-bay, it does state that it has a cooling fan.

Almost seems too good to be true, particularly with Windows 11 Pro.

Yeah.. to good to be true. The pictures and description is the mini pc, but the $33 price is for a webcam only. Theres a drop down box to select purchase of the pc for $109. Pretty deceptive.

However I see used ones in the $50 range. I'm more curious than anything, but I do need to get something regardless. So it's one of these or a laptop. Either way for well under $100

I want to emphasize how useful one of these mini pc could be for the placement of installs. As Carl once said, if you want to cover a particular area, then move your transmitter to that area. - that's not a direct quote but you get the gist.

The point is it makes it so you can install the transmitter in the target area without having to worry about power and audio lines getting from one point to the other, because the whole system is self-contained. Load Zara or whatever automation along with music library or whatever,  both the transmitter and pc powered directly by battery (no inverter to rob power or cause interference) and a 100w solar panel to keep the battery topped off.

Best of all you can access it real time from anywhere, change the programming, add files, go live, whatever by using free remote desktop software.

I wonder if you could put XP on it?

The remote install would have to have internet, forgot to factor that in, but it would still work.

I'm just brainstorming here, its probably full of flaws, nevertheless, that tiny 12v computer seems ideal for remote installs.

There's another way to do a remote install.

I once put an internet radio inside a weatherproof box with a transmitter.  I just used my local wireless network, but it could easily extend to the internet.  The internet radio received my stream over the network, which was then retransmitted.

That's the cheap way to get a Barix-like box.  The controlling computer was safe inside the studio.

I had the receiving system at the edge of my property.  Unfortunately, the wireless network there was unreliable, and it dropped frequently (although the internet radio did reconnect after a short delay).  The issue could have been resolved by extending my wireless network by one of a number of means, but I decided not to bother and went a different direction.