Why recommend a mini PC?

A brief history of the Mini PC

It's hard to find the date of the mini PC, which predates my career. One of the most reliable products available online is the original Mac mini, released in 2005. It even has a suction CD/DVD drive.

Mini PC is a highly integrated device, it only retains some of the necessary interfaces and functions, as far as possible to make the body size as small as possible, so it also put forward extremely high requirements for the motherboard design, so the initial mini PC products are mostly launched by the motherboard manufacturers, after all, they have more advantages in this field.

After that, Intel released the world's smallest Windows computer Compute Stick in 2015, which can be literally translated as "computer stick", the appearance size is only the size of a USB flash drive, and the shape is similar to the USB flash drive, but its interface has changed from a USB plug to an HDMI plug, which can be directly connected to the monitor, TV, and projector.

Because the CPU and GPU will emit a lot of heat when running under high load, the mini PC is roughly divided into two categories in design: one is to maintain a certain heat dissipation capacity, the body size will be designed to be about the size of a Chinese dictionary; The other is that you can do the size of the U disk, but because there is no fan can not dissipate heat, so the CPU can only choose a model with lower performance. Although it can meet the needs of daily use, it is indeed difficult to make consumers favor in an era of extreme pursuit of high performance and cost-effective.

In recent years, with the comprehensive improvement of CPU performance, not only has a strong processing power, even if the integrated GPU can achieve high graphics processing power, in last year and this year's CES, there are also a number of game consoles came out, performance is no longer the threshold to limit the development of mini PC.

What are the advantages of a mini PC

1) The price is cheap

Compared with most PC products, the price of mini PC is much cheaper, the price of entry-level products is only about 1000 yuan, 2000-3000 yuan price can buy products with good comprehensive performance, of course, there are also stronger products to choose, the price can also reach 10,000 yuan.

2) Small size, saving space

The advantage of mini PC is that it is small, no matter where it is placed, it will not take up too much space, and with wireless keys and mice, it can really be placed at will.

Mini PC, like U disk size, can be directly plugged into the monitor, projector, TV, can be powered on automatically, can be completely invisible.

No matter what kind of product, you can make the desktop more tidy, for some companies with compact office space, obviously a mini PC is more suitable.

3) Easy to carry

Portability is a scenario promoted by mini PC manufacturers: you can carry it with you, unfinished work tasks can be continued in the next scene, and it also helps to protect data security.

This is indeed a scenario that can be achieved, but I personally do not think it will be just needed, can only be regarded as a way that can be achieved, after all, if there is a strong portable demand, buying a laptop is not more suitable.

4) Low carbon environmental protection

Whether it is a home scenario, or a commercial scenario, not every user of the PC performance requirements are high, some ordinary civilian staff in the work may only use Office three-piece suite and communication conference and other software, the PC performance requirements are relatively low, so choose a more energy-efficient mini PC may be more suitable.

Now some power consumption of only 15w processors, in fact, can already meet the daily office needs, not only can save money, but also reduce power waste, more friendly to the environment and sustainable development.

Mini PC also has a high-performance version, can also be equipped with an independent graphics card, coupled with small characteristics, is also suitable for consumers with high requirements for PC size, especially very suitable for the table scene, can be hidden in the back of the display, with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, completely without the bother of wiring.

This article is to hope that everyone can be more serious about the mini PC product. In a few years ago, its weak performance may have left a bad impression, but many product performance is able to meet the daily use, is optional.