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Mike, probably a dumb question but would I have to partition my laptops SSD to have Start9 AND MacOS? Or can I run Start9 as a program on top of my OS?

mike 1y ago

I'm not an expert, I run Start9 on a dedicated Lenovo NUC with 32GB RAM and 2TB SSD.

However, I believe the difference between Start9 and Umbrel is that Start9 is an OS, which means you will at least need a partition to run it, but if you're going to partition a machine, that means that your Start9 will not be running all the time.

That is a consideration in terms of keeping it synced to the blockchain and using it as your gateway to make payments and explore the blockchain.

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88de21f4... 1y ago

Makes sense..I”ll look into Umbrel. Although it’s possible, I’m not sure I want to dedicate an entire MBP as a server/node. Thanks!

mike 1y ago

Have you considered a dedicated Raspberry Pi + SSD (around $200 total cost).

2 of my nodes are Pi's, I'm gradually replacing them with more powerful machines, but Pi's work just fine.