petsoiTUXEDO Announces Nano Pro Gen12 Mini Linux PC Powered by AMD Ryzen 7000U
NeoNachtwaechterFairly reasonable specs, but they are phantasizing of ridiculously high prices.
FYI: 849 EUR (~$910 USD) incl 19% taxes for the basic configuration with AMD Ryzen 5 7535U, 8GB RAM, and 500GB SSD storage.
$799.00 USD gets you the Mac mini with the same (but maybe faster) RAM and (slightly faster) SSD.
And it beats very comfortably the 7535U while consuming less energy and being cooler.
Definitely a deal breaker for Windows x86 dependant workflows; not so much for Linux users tho.
I think AMD is the only one with a real chance at matching and maybe beating Apple in the mini PC space, but pricing and architectural differences still make it really challenging.
Yeah. I saw the Mac mini. I don’t know if the Linux support on those M2 platforms is alright. I somewhat dislike Apple for nowadays soldering everything and making things so they can’t be updated or repaired. And they take a crazy amount of extra money to put in a proper amount of RAM and storage.
You can get the same specs as the machine in OP’s post from Beelink for $480 on Amazon, so I’m not sure I would use his post as a good basis.
I agree that the Tuxedo Nano Pro is very expensive, but the Mac Mini is much more expensive. When you look at the comparable, German prices, it looks like this:
- 8GB/512GB: 849€ vs 929€
- 16GB/1TB: 924€ vs 1389€
- 32GB/2TB: 1044€ vs 2079€ (24 GB only)
The minimum config prices from Apple look quite good, but they fleece you for the RAM and SSD capacity. And of course you can’t upgrade them on your own. And of course the Mac Mini doesn’t support Linux (maybe Asahi Linux will get there in a few years, but Apple certainly isn’t helping).
Yes, price goes off the roof for upgrads, buts it’s Apple, they’re literally known for scalping their own user base since the 80’s. Nothing has changed.
Mac mini will never support Linux; is the other way around. Asahi is bootable.