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Have a look at top in the command line or check the startup programs.

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/discover.action#signup Have a look there.

Exactly the same thing happened in my school; they were getting rid of their old computers from a couple of IT labs. I proposed to create a BOINC Farm in the name of the school, and lead it as a side project until I leave the school, when other people will take over. Sparing you of the administrative details, I currently have 23 computer at my disposal (Dell Optiplex 390, i3 2120, 2GB RAM), and they are all hooked up to a network switch, running 24/7 at Rosetta@Home. So to answer your question, distributed computing through BOINC or the World Community Grid? I learned qoite a lot through this project, and be ware of the electricity cost, but if that isn't an issue, you might have fun doing it. I also managed to scavange the PCs for some 500GB WD Green HDDs, and replaced them with some 60 GB HDDs. I now use the WD Greens for my home storage server.

I also have a Mi3, which has less powerful hardware than the MiPad, and I am currently running MIUI v7 based on Marshmallow. And the UI isn't heavy at all.

Its just an overall great machine. I use it daily, and the battery life is great; the hardware isn't brutal, but powerful enough for what anyone needs on a tablet; the screen is very nice. I just like it.

I agree, I'd also go for the Dell

I have the Mi Pad myself, and I am very, very content. I have no experience with the shield, but as @LiquidGoo said, they have the same CPU. If I'd have the choice again, I would choose the Mi Pad once more.

A podcast about what?

It's not bad but it worries me that big corporations get stronger and stronger and gain more and more control of different aspects of our lives. I certainly won't be signing up

You're talking about the 15 inch XPS; not the 13 inch XPS which is a direct competitor to the Zenbook. Of course you can fit more hardware into a larger body. I could get two of the zenbooks (I got mine for around 900$) for the highest end config for the XPS 13 from the Dell site, which is vastly inferior to the zenbook in terms of hardware.

Personally, I would go for the x260 due to the increased portability

I would suggest the Zenbook UX303. My config has a 940m, i7 5600U, 12GB, 1TB SSHD (Though you can get it with an SSD) It's a great machine. Very, very good price to performance ratio, 13.3" touch screen, very good port selection, full metal body, very nice design... Under normal load, without me trying to save battery, I manage around 6.5 hours of battery life. It also has enough horsepower for what I need to do on the road. Have a look at it...

I'd also like to add on the Asus Zenbook UX303 if you want a smaller machine

A better option for you would be to partition your hard drive in the following way: 1 partition for Windows 10 1 partition for Windows 7 1 partition for storing files, which you can access from both OSs I did that to my laptop but I have Antergos Linux instead of Windows 7 EDIT: Have a look at a tutorial here.... http://www.howtogeek.com/187789/dual-booting-explained-how-you-can-have-multiple-operating-systems-on-your-computer/

Try root for login and password for password