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Re:Introducing the Nextcloud Box by tdkl on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @03:43PM (#12914429)
The Nextcloud box consists of the following parts: 1 TB USB3 hard drive from WDLabs Nextcloud case with room for the drive and a compute board

It's worded weird, but I assumed the "compute board" is the PI.

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Re:Introducing the Nextcloud Box by cm3 on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @03:46PM (#12914458)
Strictly speaking that doesn't say it includes one, just that there's room for one. But I hope you're right. I've looked at the PDF instructions and still wasn't any wiser.
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Re:Introducing the Nextcloud Box by Meph504 on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @03:59PM (#12914583)
it does not come with a PI, it's just plastic box, cables, HDD, and screws. (and maybe an SD card with their distro on it)
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Re:Introducing the Nextcloud Box by jospoortvliet on Thursday November 10, 2016 @06:09AM (#12919416)
yeah, that is what it is. The price is lower than the separate USB3 hard drive kit from WD so it is hard to argue it is expensive, though.

The OS is put together by Canonical, until now it was based on Ubuntu 16.04 and they'll soon update it to Snappy Ubuntu Core so you get a fully 0-maintenance solution.

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Re:Introducing the Nextcloud Box by cm3 on Thursday November 10, 2016 @01:44PM (#12923002)
The disk isn't cheaper than in retail, if you don't consider the case to be worth a lot more than is realistic.
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