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A home for Mini PC nerds. A weekly newsletter, published by Tedium editor Ernie Smith, dedicated to all things tiny computers.

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Product-Market Misfit 🧩

PC sales are down because of high prices, yet the PC market keeps trying to take its laptops upscale—especially based on the RTX Spark. Maybe leave the horsepower on your mini PC at home?

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A Chinese Challenger Appears 🥊

The local AI box trend gets a fresh boost of energy from a chip produced more or less entirely in China.

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The Bar Mat Computer 🍺

The Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box looks like something you’d put your drink on. Not sure if that’s what they were going for.

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Gravitational Pull 🍎

A native Linux build hits the M4 Mac Mini, but if AI ticks you off, there’s a chance you might not be into it.

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Snapdragon’s Belated Snap 🫰

It took a few years, but we finally have a Qualcomm-based mini PC. Depending on how you hold it, it’s actually fast.

Mac Attack 🍏

Still holding on to an M1 Mac Mini? The M6 Mac Mini, even with its sizable price increase, represents an eye-opening jump in performance.

I’m Seeing Sparks 🔌

PC manufacturers looking to have a response to the Mac Studio start soft-launching their Nvidia mini-PC plays. Should you care?

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Wanted: Some Cheap Computing 💸

A new weekly newsletter about mini PCs kicks off with deal hunting, driver warnings, and a look at mini PC history.

WTF Is Boxed News? 📦

A user’s guide to the latest part of the Tedium LLC empire, which will focus on all things mini PC.

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Wanted: Cheap Computing 💸

A new weekly newsletter about mini PCs kicks off with deal hunting, driver warnings, and a look at mini PC history.

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