Intel Refreshes NUCs With Gemini Lake SoCs

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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    You've seen them, or maybe even have one yourself. The small NUC boxes that function as a low-cost Internet PC, an HTPC or simple PC for office usage. Intel is refreshing the existing lineup and is ...

    Intel Refreshes NUCs With Gemini Lake SoCs
     
  2. FM57

    FM57 Master Guru

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    To be honest, I was skeptical about all the NUC value proposition until I actually used one for office work.

    And well, I am quite impressed. Nice packaging (Apple anybody), really small form factor (much tinier than a Mac Mini) and a quite a good performer.

    Used as a server for a small company for Remote Desktop access, no performance drop when 4-5 people used it at the same time on Office, browsing, or files exchange.

    Playing is another story, but for the general audience, I am a bit surprised that Intel does not do more advertising about this nice little thing.
     
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  3. heffeque

    heffeque Ancient Guru

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    I'm waiting for Zotac to do it's mini-PC version with the 2700U Raven Ridge.
     

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