After launching the powerful Chuwi RZBOX mini PC last year, Chinese PC maker Chuwi is back for round two. The new Chuwi RZBOX 2022 has the same compact design as its predecessor, but the computer’s processor has been upgraded from an AMD Ryzen 9 4900H chip to a newer, higher-performance Ryzen 7 5800H chip. The […]
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MINISFORUM DeskMini UM350 mini PC now available with Manjaro Linux for $299 and up
The developers of Manjaro Linux began partnering with PC makers earlier this year to offer mini PCs that come with the open source operating system pre-installed. So far we’ve seen Manjaro versions of the MINISFORUM UM700 and Beelink SER 4 4800U. Now Manjaro and MINISFORUM have unveiled the most affordable option to date: the MINISFORUM […]
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Shuttle DH670 is a compact desktop with an Intel Alder Lake 65W processor
The latest member of Shuttle’s XPC Slim line of compact computers is a 7.5″ x 6.5″ x 1.7″ desktop PC with support for up to a 16-core, 24-thread Intel Alder Lake processor. The Shuttle XPC Slim DH670 has an LGA1700 socket with support for 65-watt, 12th-gen Intel processors and the little computer can drive up to […]
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Chuwi LarkBox X mini PC with Ryzen 7 3750H now available for $399
Chinese PC maker Chuwi has a history of offering small, affordable computers including laptops, tablets, and compact desktop PCs. Some keep the price low by tapping entry-level processors like Intel’s Atom-based Celeron and Pentium Silver chips. Others tap processors that are a few generations old instead. The Chuwi LarkBox X takes the latter approach. It’s […]
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Lilbits: Android 14 “UpsideDownCake,” AYA Neo OLED, and tiny SD cards for MacBooks
When the first MacBook Pro laptops with Apple Silicon launched last year, they brought along a feature that Apple had omitted from the line in recent years: an SD card reader. Standard SD cards jut out from the reader, but Transcend’s new JetDrive Lite is designed to sit flush with the side of a MacBook Pro. […]
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Star Labs Byte is a Linux mini PC with Ryzen 7 5800U
Linux PC maker Star Labs is now taking pre-orders for its first mini desktop computer powered by an AMD Ryzen processor. The Star Labs Byte is a 4.9″ x 4.4″ x 2″ computer with an AMD Ryzen 7 5800U processor, at least 8GB of RAM and 240GB of storage and plenty of upgrade options. It’s […]
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3 Comments on Apple Mac Studio is a mini PC that punches above its weight class with up to an M1 Ultra processor
Apple Mac Studio is a mini PC that punches above its weight class with up to an M1 Ultra processor
3 Comments on Apple Mac Studio is a mini PC that punches above its weight class with up to an M1 Ultra processorApple is launching a new line of Mac Studio computers that deliver better performance than an Intel-powered Mac Pro while taking up far less space on your desk. The Mac Studio measure 7.7″ x 7.7″ x 3.7″, but supports up to an Apple M1 Ultra processor with 20 CPU cores, 64 GPU cores, and a […]
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MINISFORUM is building a mini PC with discrete graphics and AMD Ryzen 5000
MINISFORUM says it’s working on a small form-factor desktop computer with an AMD B550 chipset and support for up to an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X processor. Measuring 166.5 x 158 x 67mm (6.56″ x 6.22″ x 2.64″), the computer won’t take up much space on a desk… but there’s also not room under the hood […]
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Acer Revo Box RN96 is a compact desktop with Intel Tiger Lake
The Acer Revo Box RN96Â is small desktop computer that measures about 1.3 inches thick and weighs less than 2 pounds. Powered by an Tiger Lake-U processor with support for up to 32GB of RAM, it’s basically a little desktop with the beating heart of a laptop, which should be good enough for most basic computing […]
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Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173080C is a compact PC with NVIDIA RTX 3080
Zotac’s latest ZBOX Magnus EN series mini PC with discrete graphics is an 8.3″ x 8″ x 2.5″ computer that houses an Intel Core i7-11800H processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 laptop graphics with 16GB of GDDDR6 memory and up to 150W of power. The new ZOTAC ZBOX Magnus EN1713080C will be available either as a barebones […]