14 DAY TRIAL // The Linux Mint project has announced the MintBox Mini, which is a mini PC that is basically small enough to almost fit into a pocket.
It looks like everyone is trying to build mini PCs and they are getting smaller each year. In fact, the MintBox Mini is five times smaller than the previous MintBox released back in 2012, so you can imagine its size and portability.
Some of you might have heard of the hardware projects made by The Linux Mint team and this is not their first endeavor. The fact that they are now releasing a new version means that the old one was successful. A lot of developers are betting on this kind of small PCs and much bigger companies are doing the same thing.
MintBox Mini is a powerful little device
The makers of the MintBox Mini, the guys from CompuLab, have made sure that users will have enough power to do pretty much anything that they want with it, with the exception of gaming, although some of the titles that have low system requirements will probably run without any problems.
"We're starting 2015 with exciting news. Linux Mint and CompuLab will be announcing a brand new unit called “MintBox Mini” in Q2 2015. With a volume of 0.22l and a thickness of 0.95″ the MintBox Mini is small enough to be pocketable. In terms of volume it’s 3 times smaller than the Intel NUC and 5 times smaller than the MintBox. Thanks to its passively cooled fanless design and its internal SSD storage, it’s also completely silent," is noted in the official announcement.
If we take a look at the previous MintBox, we'll see that it had an i3 Intel processor at 1.8 GHz, 4GB of RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4000, an internal 2.5” 500GB HDD, and all the trimmings.
On the other hand, MintBox Mini is powered by an AMD A4 6400T processor and a Radeon R3 GPU. It still features 4GB of RAM, but the internal storage is now just a 64GB SSD.
The price for this little jewel is $295 (€252) if you get it from CompuLab, but it will be also available through Amazon, in the US and the UK. The launch of the device is programmed for the Q2, 2015.