#Looking for advice what to get Green or Yellow?

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oak cloak
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I am looking for advice on getting the green or the yellow. I am a complete starter in Smarthomes and want to build my first one to combine with Apple ecosystem. I have no idea which one to get. Green or the Yellow? (while Yellow is still in stock). Especially because the Yellow is almost completely out of stock and my birthday is soon (in two weeks). I want to expand my smarthome in the future so futureproofing is a must. Use automations and a lot of lamps + sensors. Also to be able to use Matter, Thread and Zigbee/Z-wave.

I also have a lot of questions which makes it difficult to choose. Are those two usb-slots on the green enough? Does it handle daily tasks? is there a max amount of devices you can add?

Please give me all advice you peeps can as I am totally new in this. Thank you!

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I also asked this on another platform but there everyone said I just should skip HA hardware and buy an mini-pc instead.

grand bolt
modern nimbus
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they're ending production for Yellow also.. i personally am looking into a mini PC as well

bleak mica
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hp elitedesk 800 g3 dm i5 7500t is what I use. Run Proxmox on it, followed this to set it up; https://youtu.be/PrKQkI53xys

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Mark Watt Tech
Home Assistant PROXMOX Install and Setup (With NUC Alternative)

In todays video we are going to be installing and setting up Proxmox (PVE) in order to host a Virtual Machine for our Home Assistant instance. In this demo we are also looking at an Intel NUC alternative. This alternative offers more power than a Pi4 for a similar price, and is a cheaper option than the NUC.

To be more specific we are install...

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If you go this way, quickly scan through the comments below that video.

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I have three setups, for three households, it runs flawlessly for a year. Using a Sonoff Zigbee usb dongle

grand bolt
oak cloak
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What is proxmox exactly? Is it a sort Docker environment?

grand bolt