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A D-1587 setup like this won't cost you ~$1k in hardware.

It might save you $200 a year in electricity costs, but if it costs me +$2k, well, yeah. I'm not going to run this setup 10 years.

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I am definitely more an outlier here. I am very happy to run machines 6 or 7 years as they move from primary system to network appliance. The other main feature I really like about the D-1541 and D-1587 is that they are mini ITX form factor (which fits in most ATX derivative cases) and it is small enough to easily transport from place to place, where the i7 is much too cumbersome to do. My goal is to have a system I am completely comfortable throwing in a backpack or the back of my car and move my entire VM infrastructure to the job at hand- A cloud in the pocket if you will.

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