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Zotac Inspire Studio is a compact workstation & gaming PC

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The Zotac Inspire Studio is a desktop computer that measures about 8.9″ x 8″ x 5″ and which houses the guts of a gaming PC… although Zotac is positioning it as more of a workstation PC for content creators. And that makes some sense, since the hardware you need for gaming isn’t all that different […]

Zotac unveils its first Ryzen-powered mini PCs

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At first glance Zotac’s new ZBOX MA621 nano and ZBOX CA621 nano computers look pretty familiar — because these small desktop computers have cases that are nearly identical to those the company has used for previous-gen mini PCs. The MA621 is a small computer that looks a lot like an Intel NUC, while the CA621 is a […]

ECS is bringing its Liva Z3 Comet Lake mini PCs to CES 2020

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While ECS has been showing off its Liva Z3 line of tiny desktop computers with Intel Comet Lake chips for a few months, the company has revealed details specs ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show, which begins next week. The ECS Liva Z3 Plus is a 5″ x 4.6″ x 1.4″ computer with support for up […]

This business card is a Linux computer (made from $3 in parts)

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Business cards continue to be a thing in the 21st century because despite the fact that many folks are carrying around smartphones capable of storing contact details for millions of people, it’s still quicker and easier to hand someone a card than to sit around while they type your details into a phone. A lot […]

Power an Intel NUC via an Ethernet cable with this $150 lid

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Intel’s NUC line of compact computers don’t take up a lot of space — but they still typically need some sort of a power brick that plugs into a wall outlet. The GBT-NUC from PoE Texas is a $150 accessory that lets you power an Intel NUC system using an Ethernet cable, which means you […]

UP Xtreme Edge is a small, fanless Whiskey Lake computer

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The UP Xtreme is a single-board computer powered by an 8th-gen Intel Core U-series Whiskey Lake processor. Launched through a Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, you can now purchase the board for $299 and up and build your own computer or IoT device. But if you’d rather buy a complete computer, you could opt for […]

Linux on the MAG1 8.9 inch mini-laptop (Ubuntu and Fedora)

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The Magic Ben MAG1 mini-laptop is a 1.5 pound notebook computer that measures about 8.2″ x 5.8″ x 0.7″ and which features an 8.9 inch touchscreen display and an Intel Core m3-8100Y processor. As I noted in my MAG1 review, the little computer also has one of the best keyboards I’ve used on a laptop […]



AMD partners with PC makers on Mini PCs with Ryzen Embedded chips

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AMD’s answer to Intel’s NUC line of tiny desktop computers is here. But unlike Intel, AMD has no plans to make its own computers. Instead, the company is partnering with PC makers to create an ecosystem for Mini PCs with AMD Ryzen Embedded processors. We’ve already seen a handful of mini PCs with Ryzen Embedded […]

Intel “Austin Beach” NUC is a fanless, rugged, modular mini PC

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It’s been nearly 7 years since Intel started selling tiny desktop computers under its NUC brand. Since then we’ve seen NUC systems designed for gaming, business use, and home use. One thing Intel hasn’t offered in the past is a fanless model, although third-party case makers have helped fill in the gap. Now the first […]