The fad of mini PCs in recent years is booming, although I don’t really see it as a fad, but rather as a utility. For this reason, they have grown so much that every day people think more about having to buy a new computer, which is this one, rather than another desktop computer.
Today we are going to see those characteristics that make a mini PC more interesting than a normal computer, which audience it is intended for and what its weak points are.
Benefits of a Mini PC
We’ll start with its advantages, those reasons to forget about bigger and heavier equipment and go for something more versatile.
The first of them is logically that, being able to have all the tools and information that a desktop computer can offer us but in reduced size. There are some as small as 6cm x 6cm. This means that we can even transport it from one place to another without any problem. If you work with computers a lot and don’t like a laptop, you can opt for a mini PC that you can even take on the plane. Unlike a desktop computer, it seems to me that it will be more difficult to enter the airport.
On the other hand, we can speak of price. Due to their smaller characteristics, they reduce their cost. It’s true that if you want to buy a 1 TB SSD, its price will be the same for one or the other, but the fact that it has fewer fans, the materials to make its case are much fewer, a smaller power supply, etc., greatly reduce the cost of this.
Therefore, its components and its lower need for energy to operate them, not only make the acquisition of one of these equipment more economical, but also your energy expenditure It will also be much smaller. Allowing us to use a mini PC, for example, as a 24-hour server without such high consumption and with identical operation.
Disadvantages of a mini PC
So far everything is very nice, but logically this type of equipment also has its drawbacks, otherwise no one would buy others.
The first and I think the most important is the power. Obviously, these computers are not made for heavy workloads. In other words, it will not be your ideal PC if you need to open very powerful processing programs as well as if you are a gamer who likes to try all kinds of games. It is true that it is used to play a game of thousands of titles, but it will not be the most powerful and you will not be able to enjoy the graphics to the fullest.
does not have refrigeration like a desk, basically for space. It doesn’t have as many fans and neither can we add liquid cooling for example. This greatly limits its power as you can understand.
For the rest of the points, it would behave like a desktop computer. Connect to monitor and other peripherals the same way, same utilities, operating systems, etc.
So in summary, unless you are a user looking for a special power, a mini PC will be a much more convenient and cheaper option than a desktop computer.
