14 DAY TRIAL // MintBox Mini is a mini-PC that runs Linux Mint, and it's developed by a company called CompuLab. The new PC went on sale a few weeks ago, and they are sold out the same day. Now, Clement Lefebvre, the leader of the Linux Mint project has finally got one and he shared some details about it.
The new MintBox Minis have been incredibly successful, despite the fact that there was little information about them, with the exception of the hardware specification. Some users only need to know what's under the hood, but it's also nice to see what the mini PCs actually look like. We already knew that they were supposed to be small, but the images posted by Clement Lefebvre puts that into a different perspective.
Because it's called Mini, it means that it's smaller and less powerful than the regular MintBox, but it still features some pretty powerful hardware, like an AMD A4 6400T processor, a Radeon R3 GPU, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB SSD internal storage. Also, as the name suggests, it's powered by Linux Mint, which is always a nice choice.
MintBox Mini is smaller than you think
When CompuLab provided the dimensions for MintBox Mini and an image of the PC, it was hard to put it into perspective. In fact, it's much smaller than you would imagine it to be. From the images graciously provided by Clem, it looks like it's a little bit bigger than a tennis ball and about the size of a regular PC mouse.
"Our great relationship with CompuLab is illustrated on the side. Along with the unit specs, it’s great to see our two logos there. We’ve been working together for a very long time now, so that feels very nice. As the name suggests, the Mini is minuscule. I knew it was small, I knew it was pocketable (and it does indeed easily fit in my jean’s pocket, although with the cable, mouse and all you’ll probably use a bag anyway) but it’s even tinier than I realized," said Clem on the official blog.
The MintBox Mini is still out of stock, and it looks like the preorder queue is seven weeks long.