To spare my brother-in-law...
Well...I haven't had first hand experience, yet. My brother-in-law, retired military and a major computer enthusiast, primarily because of his prior service requirements, and his ongoing, seemingly never-ending retirement contract duties, showed me a "mini" that he bought for his wife, my sister. He described it in an interesting way: bulletproof. Meaning that he is aware of my needs, which are many, my patience--none, my background--as a television news director, where ALL of my computer needs were handled by engineering techies, resources I no longer have, meaning I get to do everything INCLUDING connecting as much hardware and software to my system that relies on, at times, 7 individual desktop and laptop puters that have to have inter-unit capabilities. That said, I watched my sister, who has zero tech abilities...that's what she says...operate her "mini", while her husband goes about doing his chores undisturbed by never-ending "honey, have you got a minute?" calls for assistance. Therefore, I am working, with him, on putting together a plan of attack that will handle my current and future needs that keeps me from calling him every time I need assistance. Out of sympathy for my brother-in-law...because I actually like him...I will be settling on a central system that even I can maintain.