This mini PC is perfect for Home Lab projects!
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In this video, I'll take a look at the Zima Board, which is a small single server board with a real x86 CPU, dual Ethernet Ports and up to 8Gb Memory. I have tested this System with Windows, Linux and the Sophos XG Firewall Operating System.
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