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with attractiveness in spades. If you’re expecting to get
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TOM BRANT
PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION (^) I SUBSCRIBE (^) I AUGUST 2019
Most people
interested in
using a
Raspberry Pi
as their main
desktop should
first buy the
4GB version of
the Pi 4.