"Also: Not enough people are talking about the most capable Lenovo laptop right now Boy, was I wrong. This tiny computer packs a wallop and can handle nearly every task you throw at it (within reason). Of course, you're not going to be mining big data or rendering full-length movies with this machine, but as for AI and other tasks, the ER937-AI has all the horsepower you need."
"I fired it up and started to walk through the Windows 11 setup process. An hour later, the upgrade download was at 6%. No thanks. I burned Ultramarine Linux on a USB drive, inserted it, booted the machine, and within ten minutes, I was logged in and ready to go."
"Now that I had an OS I could actually work with installed, it was time to put the machine to the test. The first thing I did was install Ollama to use for local AI. The installation on Linux is simple, and once it was completed, I pulled the ollama3.2 model and ran the query:"
The Minix ER937-AI small form-factor PC delivers substantial local AI capability despite its size. The device initially shipped with Windows 11 but was quickly replaced with Ultramarine Linux to enable faster setup and greater control. Ollama installed cleanly on Linux and produced rapid responses from the ollama3.2 model. BrowserOS was configured to work with Ollama and the qwen2.5:7b model for agent-driven tasks, including web searches. The machine handles most AI and productivity workloads within reason, though it is not suited for large-scale data mining or full-length video rendering.
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