Funny, I just bought one of these last week. Agree with the article. Mine came with storage and Debian preinstalled. If you buy one from Amazon, keep an eye on price. I bought, then the next day the price dropped $150. Ordered another one and returned the expensive order.
You used to be able to just call Amazon and they'd refund the difference. Not sure if they do that anymore.
They did not. The rep told me to return it and buy another. :/
And fuck the planet, your time and the time of the logistics people.
This is so incredibly inefficient. Multiply by how many times this happens every day...
It's efficient ... for amazon ... because most people won't bother.