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@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @boxed.news@boxed.newsIt feels like expensive AI boxes are all the rage in mini PCs right now. We can’t avoid it, but we can at least highlight a smaller, weirder one.
@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @boxed.newsThe latest edition of @boxed.news reports on the $6,000 bar-mat computer Microsoft is selling … then spends the rest of the piece repeatedly pitching you on the lowest-end computers we could find.
Thin clients? Chromeboxes? Yeah, we got that.
@boxed.newsOdds are, you probably don’t know anyone that’s gonna buy a Surface Dev Box.
@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @boxed.newsAlright, got a @boxed.news issue for ya. This time: The M4 Mac Mini gets native Linux support, but it comes with some awkward AI chatter.
Give it a look:
@boxed.newsThe M4 Mac Mini gets a Linux of its own. Kinda.
@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @boxed.newsWe were supposed to have a Snapdragon mini PC years ago. Yet we only got one this week. (Is it any good?)
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@boxed.newsWelcome to the mini PC game (finally), Qualcomm.
@ernie.tedium.coReposted by @boxed.newsOver at @boxed.news this evening, we talk about the new Mac Mini’s surprising performance boost and offer some memories of a company called Tiny Computers whose computers mostly weren’t that small.
(Hope you dig!)
@boxed.newsIs now the time to retire your old Mac Mini?
@boxed.newsShould you save thousands of dollars to buy some possibly good Nvidia-centric AI Box from Lenovo or HP? boxed.news/2026/09/08/n...
@boxed.newsWhy are mini-PC manufacturers making so many expensive AI boxes?
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