The latest mini-desktop from ASRock looks like something straight out of 2012, but it features modern specs including an 8th-gen Intel Whiskey Lake-U processor and a USB Type-C port. The ASRock Mars is a compact computer that measure 7.5″ x 5.9″ x 1″ but under the hood there’s room for dual storage devices — an M.2 […]
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One Netbook One-GX handheld gaming PC coming next summer
Chinese mini-PC maker One Netbook has cranked out a bunch of tiny computers over the past year and a half — but most have been variations on a theme. Take a convertible laptop with a touchscreen display and a 360-degree hinge and shrink it down to somewhere between 7 and 8.4 inches. Next year the […]
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One Mix 3 Pro Comet Lake mini-laptop now available globally
The One Mix 3 Pro is the first mini-laptop to feature a 10th-gen Intel Comet Lake processor. The 8.4 inch laptop with an Intel Core i5-10210Y quad-core processor went on sale in China in October, and now it’s available internationally. GeekBuying is selling the One Mix 3 Pro for $960 (or $950 if you use […]
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Zotac’s new mini PCs support up to a 65 watt Core i7-9700 processor
Zotac’s latest small form factor desktop computers are bigger than an Intel NUC, but also a lot more powerful. The Zotac ZBOX MI574 is powered by an Intel Core i7-9700 octa-core processor, while the Zotac ZBOX MI554 features a hexa-core Intel Core i5-9400 chip. Both of those are 65 watt, 9th-gen Intel Core “Coffee Lake” processors. […]
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Intel’s Frost Canyon NUC with up to a 6-core Comet Lake chip is official(ish)
Intel’s new “Frost Canyon” NUC is a min-desktop computer that measures about 4.6″ x 4.4″ x 1.5″ (or 2″ for some models) and which… honestly looks a lot like last year’s “Bean Canyon” version. But under the hood, the new model swaps out a 28-watt Intel Core quad-core processor with Iris Plus Graphics 655 for […]
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Peakago 7 inch laptop gets a spec bump ahead of launch (crowdfunding)
The Peakago is a 7 inch mini-laptop that’s up for pre-order through an Indiegogo campaign that runs through mid-December. With prices starting as low as $269 during the crowdfunding campaign, it’s one of the most affordable mini-laptops to date. But it’s also one of the least powerful to date. The good news is that Peakago […]
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MSI launches Cubi 5 mini PC with 10th-gen Intel Core chips
The MSI Cubi line of tiny desktop computers are getting a spec bump. MSI added the new Cubi 5 10M to its website this week, with support for up to a 10th-gen Intel Core i7 U-series processor. Since Intel hasn’t officially launched its upcoming Frost Canyon NUC yet, (even though we know it’s coming), that […]
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Simply NUC’s Sequoia is a tiny Ryzen-powered PC (for $689 and up)
Intel may own the term “NUC” as used to describe a type of small form-factor desktop computer. But the company doesn’t have a monopoly on small, square mini-desktops. Over the years we’ve seen a number of NUC-like mini PCs with AMD processors. But now a company that’s best known for selling NUCs is getting in […]
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Peakago’s cheap 7 inch laptop hits Indiegogo, ships in March, 2020
The Peakago is a tiny laptop computer that’s small enough to slide into a pants pocket (assuming you have fairly large pants pockets). It’s not the first mini computer to fit that description — but it’s one of the cheapest to date. Peakago is taking pre-orders for this little laptop with a 7 inch display […]
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Intel Frost Canyon NUC with Comet Lake CPU coming soon (leaks)
Intel’s next set of tiny desktop computers is expected to launch soon… and it seems like the new Intel Frost Canyon NUC with 10th-gen Intel Core “Comet Lake” processors will look a lot like… well, almost every other member of the NUC family. But the new models add a USB Type-C port on the front (and […]