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For example I don't know if a cheap mini PC like the GMKtec G5 would be more likely to have firmware/driver related security flaws over a more standard PC like an older Dell Optiplex from Staples.

Maybe there is something else entirely I am overlooking. I'm not sure. Most of the complaints I've heard are in regards to mini PCs containing bloat and potentially malicious things installed.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You install your own windows? Do you really know if the pre-installed windows gets deleted?

This one seems to be easy to manage. Formatting the disc seems easy to do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Deleting all existing partitions via the installer is already enough. Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sure, repartitioning works too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.

Partitioning does not wipe things.

It rewrites the partition tables, obviously, but no data elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's why I said "essentially". The data is no longer accessible by the system, which is all that's needed to prevent malicious files from being executed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

is all that's needed to prevent malicious files

Hmmm. So why do tools for "safe erase" even exist? ;-)