Raspberry Pi is known for making really tiny computers, with the company’s flagship line of products about the size of a deck of cards. The Raspberry Pi Zero line is even smaller, since these little 2.6″ x 1.2″ x 0.2″ drop most of the ports found on larger models. The Pi Zero does still have […]
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GPD Win 2 handheld gaming PC up for pre-order through Indiegogo, should ship in May
The GPD Win 2 is a pocket-sized computer with a 6 inch, 720p display, an Intel Core M3-7Y30 Kaby Lake processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB solid state drive. It’s a Windows 10-powered computer that like a cross between a laptop computer and a Nintendo DS, with physical gaming buttons above a QWERTY keyboard, […]
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ECS unveils Liva One, Liva Q2 mini PCs with Gemini Lake chips
The ECS Liva Z2 isn’t the only new mini desktop from Elitegroup Computer Systems coming this year. AnandTech went hands-on with some of the company’s new computers at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, as did HardwareLuxx, and the sites reports that ECS is also updating last year’s Liva Q with a new model called […]
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ECS introduces Liva Z2 fanless mini PC
ECS is updating is Liva line of tiny desktop computers with a new passively-cooled (fanless) system called the Liva Z2. It’s powered by an Intel Pentium Silver Gemini Lake processor, has a 2.5 inch drive bay for an SSD or hard drive, and supports HDMI 2.0. FanlessTech notes that the heat sink has been redesigned […]
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Chuwi’s CES 2018 lineup: Windows and Android tablets and GBox Pro mini PC
Chinese computer maker Chuwi is unveiling three new devices during this week’s Consumer Electronics Show. But only one was actually at the company’s booth when I stopped by today. It’s also the one we know the least about, since specs are still being finalized. That said, the new GBox Pro small form factor desktop computer […]
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Mele PC Stick with Apollo Lake chip, Ethernet jack
Mele’s latest PC Stick sort of stretches the definition of “stick.” The Mele PCHD26APL3 is a pocket-sized computer that’s easy to hold in one hand, but it’s not something you’d ever mistake for a USB flash drive. That said, this computer with support for dual-core or quad-core Intel Apollo Lake processors has an HDMI connector […]
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$80 Asus Tinker Board S is a tiny update for a tiny computer
The Asus Tinker Board is a single-board computer that looks a bit like a Raspberry Pi, but which has the same Rockchip RK3288 ARM Cortex-A17 quad-core processor that powered the first-generation Asus Chromebook Flip. The little computer can run Debian Linux or Google Android software, and the first model launched in 2017 for about $60. […]
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Intel June Canyon NUC with Gemini Lake coming soon (and other Intel mini PC news)
Intel’s Hades Canyon NUC may be the most powerful mini-desktop the company has ever built, but it’s not the only mini PC Intel brought to this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. I got a chance to sit down with Intel’s John Deatherage to talk about the company’s other mini PCs, and he laid out the roadmap […]
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First look at Mele’s fanless mini PCs with Gemini Lake, Kaby Lake chips
Chinese device maker Mele plans to launch its first fanless mini PC with a 7th-gen Intel Core “Kaby Lake” processor this year. The Mele PCG63-KBL1 is small computer with a massive heat sink on the top and support for passive cooling on some models. Mass production is set to begin in early March, which means […]
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Zotac’s next-gen ZBOX mini PCs coming in Q2, 2018 (with Gemini Lake, Ryzen, and Kaby Lake Refresh options)
2 Comments on Zotac’s next-gen ZBOX mini PCs coming in Q2, 2018 (with Gemini Lake, Ryzen, and Kaby Lake Refresh options)Zotac is showing off a whole slew of upcoming ZBOX mini desktop computers at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. Most are expected to ship in the second quarter of 2018, and most are pretty obvious upgrades from previous-generation models. For example, there are new models with 8th-gen Intel Core U processors that look just […]