Linux Mint Unveils New 'Mintbox Mini Pro' Desktop (linuxmint.com)
It's been 18 months since the original Mintbox Mini launched, and this week saw the release of the new Mintbox Mini Pro (which costs just $100 more). BrianFagioli quotes BetaNews:
That extra money gets you a faster processor, more powerful graphics, double the storage, twice the RAM, improved Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and an additional Ethernet port... This diminutive desktop is the same size as the previously-released Mintbox... Thankfully, it retains the same cute appearance and Linux Mint branding.
Their article calls it a "beautiful little computer that comes pre-loaded with Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon (64-bit)," and the Linux Mint blog promises this fanless device offers "better passive cooling thanks to an all-metal black housing" -- and comes with six different USB ports.
Their article calls it a "beautiful little computer that comes pre-loaded with Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon (64-bit)," and the Linux Mint blog promises this fanless device offers "better passive cooling thanks to an all-metal black housing" -- and comes with six different USB ports.
The article is written by a man. The man's name is Fagioli. I can't be the only one to notice that.
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Why so expensive?
I hadn't seen the original mini, and I'm looking at this and wow, it is SMALL. Of course, this is a SoC device, and definitely not for even older games. Still, it's only a bit more than a laptop with the same specs, so if you don't need a built-in screen, why not?
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It would be a great deal if it came with a Windows license. As is it's a 'meh' price.
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It seems a bit pricey at first but, you're getting a nice 4 core CPU, a pretty remarkable 8GB of RAM, a sizable SSD, a decent GPU, dual gigabit ethernet, etc. I imagine this would work well as a desktop or as a media player. It would be interesting to see this benchmarked next to a NUC configured to be in the same price range.
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Okay, I gotta admit...that looks like a cool little PC.
No, it's not for gaming (duh) but for 99% of what most people do this would probably work beautifully. Browsing, email, youtube, cranking out a letter....this is all they'd need.
Very slick, now I want one. But I'd want one with a wee bit more RAM, say 12 or 16 gigs, then I'd probably buy one.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
looking at the links , seems a bit of confusion: the mini 2 seems to list dual rj-45 ports, but the pro only lists one LAN port. summary lists dual LAN.
Believe summary or the seller page?
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Not including shipping and duties and taxes I can build an AMD centric box for much cheaper
AMD A10 7860K W/ AMD Quiet Cooler Quad Core APU 3.6/4.0GHZ Processor FM2+ 4MB Cache 65W Retail Box $138.99
EVGA 500W 80 PLUS CERTIFIED ACTIVE PFC 12V 34A POWER SUPPLY 120MM FAN 3 YEAR WARRANTY $53.99
Cooler Master N200 mATX / mITX Tower Case Black 1X5.25 3X3.5 4X2.5 USB3.0 *No PSU* $59.99
GIGABYTE F2A68HM-H A68H FM2+ FM2 DDR3 SATA3 HDMI VGA USB3 mATX Motherboard $57.99
Kingston HyperX Fury Memory Black 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1866 CL10 Dual Channel Memory Kit $52.99
AMD Radeon R3 120GB Solid State Drive (SSD) $54.99
$418.94 before 12% axes
Not saying I wouldn't mind having one but if you don't care for the size you can build one and still save $100+ and be more powerfull.
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comes with six different USB ports.
Six different USB ports? What, type-A, type-B, type-C, mini, micro, and... jumbo?
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You can buy faster, more powerful, more upgradeable machines for the same amount of money.
I think the point of this machine is that it is small and fanless, and that it also guaranteed to be Linux-compatible.
A chromebox is under $200. You will need to install Linux yourself. A friend and I have done so for some Linux boxes in quasi-industrial setting, we just needed a box to monitor other equipment. For the brief period we used it as a "desktop" it seemed very capable and was a nice surprise.
I've recently purchased a CS325 Compute Stick (no OS) for around $300, and installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it. It comes with an m3-6y30 processor (more or less an i3, somewhat hobbled by thermal considerations), 64GB storage, and 4GB RAM, three USB-3.0 ports (two on the wall-wart p/s, one on the stick itself) (I have no idea about the graphics, as I'm not using it as a media box). I'm fairly happy with it, and think that it's pretty comparable with this Mintbox Mini Pro.
It's been 18 months since the original Mintbox Mini launched, and this week saw the release of the new Mintbox Mini Pro (which costs just $100 more). BrianFagioli quotes BetaNews:
What the actual fuck, Slashdot? Someone paid for this shitty slashvertisement and you can't even just tell us what it costs? It costs $100 more than something else we've never heard of? Poor fuckers wasting their advertising dollars.
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