what's the story on the nucs?

[caddi daddi]

http://www.microcenter.com/product/451721/NUC5PPYH_Next_Unit_of_Computing_Barebones_PC_Kit

do you just add a ssd and ram and off to computing????

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Yep!

 

[caddi daddi]

then they sound about right for watching movies on the tv and just web surfing, neat in a tiny package!!!
the big "but" would be what to do when it dies, I assume you just go get another as nothing you can buy will fit in the case.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Correct. If it dies you either call Intel or replace it, assuming it wasn't one of the universal parts (Wi-Fi, RAM, SSD, etc) that died.

 

[caddi daddi]

PERFECT!!! for my mother, she only ever goes to the betty crocker site and always nags that everything I build her is "so big and ugly".

 

[ATMINSIDE]

PERFECT!!! for my mother, she only ever goes to the betty crocker site and always nags that everything I build her is "so big and ugly".

This comes with a VESA mount, so if her monitor has the mount for it you can hide the thing!!