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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 30, 2025
One of the first mini PC devices to sport AMD's Strix Halo hardware inside has landed on U.S. soil, or at least it soon will. That would be GMKtec's EVO-X2 mini PC. If that sound familiar, it's because we wrote about this same NUC-sized...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 03, 2025
Microsoft is now accepting orders for the Windows 365 Link device it announced at its Ignite conference back in November. The thin client system is Microsoft's first cloud PC device built specifically to securely connect to Windows 365 in...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 14, 2025
When it comes to the mini PC form factor, these convenient little boxes typically pack some impressive hardware (these days), with the only requirement that you need to add your own external peripherals (unless it's a barebones, which...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Mar 06, 2025
Minisforum is making quite the name for itself in the compact PC space, served primarily by an extensive (and ever-growing) range of mini PCs, but also tiny motherboards like its BD795i SE we wrote about earlier this week. Keeping the...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Jan 25, 2025
We've come a long way since the days when hulking PC towers were both the norm and a symbol of how much power you wielded on your desktop. In the modern era, manufacturers are able to cram quite a bit of computing muscle inside a...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jan 10, 2025
At this point, ASUS is the main company keeping Intel's Next Unit of Computing (NUC) branding alive, after Intel decided a year and a half ago to stop making its own NUCs and instead adopt a licensing model. Not only did ASUS pounce, but...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Nov 05, 2024
The original Wii console (not to be confused with the Wii U) is one of the most popular game consoles of all time, and Nintendo's fourth-best selling console ever at 101.63 million units, trailing only the Game Boy (118.69 million units)...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 30, 2024
Remember when Minisforum teased a tiny Zen 5 titan last month? Now several weeks later, we not only have confirmation on the full set of specifications, but also an introductory discount that shaves $300 off the MSRP on its EliteMini AI370...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 22, 2024
I come from a generation where hulking computer cases were a serious flex—it suggested some seriously powerful hardware resided inside. They still can be a flex, but there's been a definite shift (generally speaking) towards more compact...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Sep 19, 2024
Minisforum is far from a stranger to the mini PC scene, and is often out there employing the latest silicon in its miniaturized systems. That isn't about to change. To the contrary, the company has taken to Weibo, a massive social media...
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Ben Enos - Tue, Sep 10, 2024
As if mini PCs with desktop processors and built-in touch screens weren't crazy enough, here comes FEVM with a mini PC that could feature a GeForce RTX 4090M GPU. That’s right, while it’s not official yet, Redditor “mentalsojin2” has done...
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Ben Enos - Mon, Sep 09, 2024
Minisforum is back with yet another mini PC that boasts enough horsepower for multi-monitor configurations and PC gaming. The UM760 Slim is packing an AMD APU with 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture with integrated...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Sep 02, 2024
Apple has quite a few hardware refreshes that are now right around the corner, including its upcoming iPhone 16 lineup and a new generation of AirPods, both of which are expected to be unveiled at is Glowtime event next week. Coming just a...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Aug 01, 2024
Is the era of x86 computing about to end? Not at all, though today's Arm-based solutions present the biggest threat to date to x86's decades-long dominance in the Windows landscape, and in time we could see a shift towards a more balanced...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Jul 28, 2024
While not quite small enough to build a traditional 4x4 NUC, ASRock's new X600TM-ITX motherboard is small enough to build a mini PC, and a bleeding edge one, too. According to ASRock, the X600TM-ITX is the only 'thin mini ITX' form factor...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jul 22, 2024
Minisforum has become something of a master of the mini PC segment, among other product categories (see our Minisofurm V3 3-in-1 tablet review). It's latest mini PC model, the MS-A1 that broke cover about a month ago, has now been properly...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jul 12, 2024
We've seen a million and one NUCs and NUC-like mini PCs over the past several years (including the first-ever ROG NUC that ASUS recently announced), but never one with a built-in touchscreen display. Until now, that is—a company called...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jul 05, 2024
The starting price for Tesla's Cybertruck is $60,990 for the real-wheel drive model, or you could pony up $79.990 for all-wheel drive, or $99,990 for the Cyberbeast config with more power. They're not cheap and you'll have to wait until...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jul 05, 2024
It took a few months, but ASUS has officially launched its first ROG NUC, which it's offering up in two configurations—one with an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor paired with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 (RNUC14SRKU9189AUI), and a less...
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Aaron Leong - Mon, Mar 18, 2024
ASUS has begun selling a variant of its new ROG NUC compact mini PC configured with an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU (Meteor Lake) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GPU in mobile form, for an eye-watering €2,500 ($2,700). For those who HAVE to own...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 01, 2024
If you've ever thought to yourself, 'Self, I sure do like mini PCs but gosh, I wish I could have one with water cooling baked in', then you're in for a treat. Unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) this month, the Mega Mini Gaming G1 from...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Jan 15, 2024
AYANEO Retro Mini PC AM01: Starting at $149 Ayaneo's first-ever mini-PCs sport a cute retro aesthetic and good-enough performance for desktop use or casual and retro gaming. Cute Macintosh Throwback Aesthetics Efficient & Nearly...
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