Mintbox Mini 2: The first Mintbox Mini made continues to be one of the best availables small computers, if you are looking for something small based on Linux.
But apparently the developers of Linux Mint saw that there was room for improvement. So they announced the Mintbox Mini 2 at blog of the company.
The most significant upgrade to the Mintbox Mini 2 comes with a new processor, having swapped out the AMD A4 Micro-6400T for an Intel Celeron J3455.
Based on the results of Geekbench 4, the new Mini 2 four times better performance than the first computer. Even against the Mintbox Mini Pro, which uses an AMD A10-Micro 6700T chip, the Mini 2 is 50% faster.
There are several other additional upgrades to the Mini 2, including: the switch from 802.11n Wi-Fi to dual-band 802.11ac (and additionalcase Bluetooth support), changing the second HDMI to a Mini DisplayPort connection to put a second USB 3.0 port on the front of the chassis.
The housing of the Mintbox Mini 2 uses Compulab's Fanless2 design, which has a higher cooler and supports up to 16GB of RAM.
As with the original Mini, the Mini 2 will be released in regular and Mini Pro versions when it launches in June.
The Mini 2 will come with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of SSD capacity, while the super Mini Pro 2 doubles the RAM and boosts storage capacity with a 120GB SSD please.
The Mini 2 will cost just $4 more than the first Mini (at $299), while the Mini Pro 2 will cost $349, which is $45 cheaper than the previous Mini version.
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