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Apple has said that a "very small percentage" of Mac mini computers with M2 chips suffer from a fault that means they don't power on, while letting affected users know how they can get a free repair.

This is the compact computer which was launched in 2023 and Apple clarifies that affected PCs were manufactured between June 16 to November 23 in 2024.

If you've got a Mac mini M2 and it's no longer coming on when you hit the power, you can use Apple's serial number checker (as flagged by Apple Insider) to see if your device is part of the free repair program.

HP announced a few different workstation-focused laptops and Mini-PCs using AMD's new flagship Strix Halo APU, with a few of them on the market in laptop form, but now the HP Z2 Mini G1a workstation Mini-PC has launched with the new Strix Halo APU and it's available in the UK right now.

The HP ZBook Ultra 14 G1 laptop launched a few months ago with AMD's new Strix Halo APU, but now the company has its new Z2 Mini G1a workstation Mini-PC that packs more choices of AMD's new Strix Halo APUs, up to the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip.

HP offers its new Z2 Mini G1a with a flagship spec option that offers the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 "Strix Halo" APU, with a huge 128GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory, and 2TB Gen4 SSD. The Strix Halo APU includes an RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S integrated graphics. HP lists this on its UK website for £2,663.99, which works out to around $5079 USD or so.

GEEKOM has partnered with TweakTown to offer a great deal on the powerful GEEKOM Mini IT12 2025 Edition Mini PC. It has a 12th-gen Intel Core i7-1280P processor, 32GB of dual-channel DDR4 3200 MHz memory, and 1TB of fast PCIe Gen4 SSD storage.

The GEEKOM Mini IT12 2025 Edition Mini PC is perfect for those looking for a super-efficient plug-and-play performer. Its 12th-gen Intel Core i7-1280P processor, featuring 14 Cores, 20 Threads, 24MB of Cache, and a max clock speed of 4.8 GHz, only draws 28W of power, making it an ideal energy-efficient PC. It comes with Windows 11 Pro pre-installed, too, so you'll be up and running before you know it.

Whether you're looking for a compact and portable home office solution, a studio companion ready for your Adobe-powered dreams, a home theatre system that can sit snuggly below a TV, or a home console ready for 1080p gaming, the GEEKOM Mini IT12 2025 Edition Mini PC is one of the best value Mini PCs out there.

This is something you don't see every day: a custom gaming PC built into a graphics card... introducing CherryTree's new GeeFarce RTX 5027 POS. Check it out:

The folks over at GamersNexus have one in the flesh and give it the teardown process, revealing that the custom PC building shop and its new GeeFarce RTX 5027 POS (what a name) isn't something you can purchase. It's most likely the result of a customer request for a specific-themed custom PC and not something that is mass-produced.

Inside, the GeeFarce RTX 5027 POS has a PCB with the system on it, and the graphics card thermal solution as its cooling system. Even though the system arrives with a PCIe slot, you couldn't plug it into a system and use it (as a second PC plugged into your PCIe slot on your motherboard) as there are no PCIe power routing cables or an 8-pin PCIe power connector that would work like a regular PC.

Dell has just announced that its gaming brand Alienware has teamed with LEGO for a new custom Alienware Area-51 Kit, made with authentic Lego bricks. Check it out:

Alienware says that its new Area-51 kit will start appearing in the Alienware Arena Marketplace of the country yo resize, where you can use your ARP rewards points to obtain the new Lego PC kit. The company says that it's starting its new Alienware Area-51 Desktop as the "test subject" with the "hopes to expand if we see ya'll enjoy the product and redeeming at a high rate".

Alienware explains on its website: "Starting today, you should start to see these kits appear within the Alienware Arena Marketplace of the country you reside, to utilize that hard earned ARP in more ways! We're starting with our New Alienware Area-51 Desktop as the test subject with hopes to expand if we see y'all enjoy the product and redeeming at a high rate. Our goal with this kit was to continue providing an alternate ARP reward, on top of what we have seen in the past to as many as we can".

COLORFUL has just launched its new SMART 900 Mini-PC which packs AMD's new flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU, and more. Check it out:

The new COLORFUL SMART 900 Mini-PC is actually a "Mini AI PC" (it's 2025, everything is AI now, you know it, I know it, we all know it). Inside, the SMART 900 Mini-PC features AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU which bursts out of the gate with 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 processing power, up to 96GB of RAM, and an RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S integrated GPU.

As for the design, COLORFUL is using a 4-liter high-quality anodized aluminum chassis for its new SMART 900 Mini-PC, with the Chinese company saying that its new Mini-PC system has "excellent" heat dissipation, explaining that COLORFUL takes "advantage of the metal body-ensuring that the system can maintain a low operating temperature and a relatively reasonable noise level under high load".

GIGABYTE has just introduced its new AI TOP 500 TRX50 desktop AI powerhouse PC, packing up to an AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX processor, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, and 768GB of DDR5 memory... all ready for AI workloads, and everything in between.

At the heart of the new GIGABYTE AI TOP 500 system is the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO series processors, offering up to 24 cores and 48 threads of CPU power, paired with a TRX50 AI TOP motherboard. The AI TOP 500 TRX50 desktop PC supports up to 768GB of ultra-fast DDR5 RDIMM memory, with storage assisted by AI-ready SSDs including a 1TB AI TOP 100E cache drive with up to 150x TBW (total bytes written) compared to consumer-level SSDs, meaning the AI TOP 500 system is ready for high durability under constant read/write workloads.

GIGABYTE keeps the AI TOP 500 TRX50 system with its Ryzen Threadripper PRO processor nice and cool with its in-house AORUS WATERFORCE X II 360 AIO liquid cooler, all housed inside the striking AI TOP chassis (E-ATX case measuring 594 x 336 x 584 mm (H x W x D) and powered by a monster 1600W 80 PLUS Platinum-certified that sees clean and stable energy flowing to multiple GPU configurations, and extended system uptime says GIGABYTE.

NVIDIA has reportedly told its OEM partners to begin shipping its DGX Spark AI supercomputers in July, with AIB partners to jump head-first into the new business opportunity according to the latest reports.

In a new report from UDN, we're hearing that NVIDIA's new DGX Spark system will be joined by the company's other personal AI supercomputer -- the DGX Station -- to be launched later this year. UDN says that analysts are "optimistic" that NVIDIA's personal AI supercomputers are going to be launched one after another, which will help boost Q3 2025 performance of the related suppliers.

These new AI systems enable AI developers, researchers, data scientists, and students to prototype, fine-tune, and inference large models on desktops. NVIDIA says that users can run these models locally or deploy them on NVIDIA DGX Cloud or any other accelerated cloud or data center infrastructure.

Lenovo is preparing a new AI Mini-PC powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU, offering up some fantastic gaming performance inside of a smaller form factor system.

Inside, we're to expect Lenovo's new LCFC AI Mini-PC to be powered by the flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU which offers 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 processing power, with an RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S integrated GPU with 40 Compute Units.

Alongside the Strix Halo APU, the new Lenovo LCFC AI Mini-PC will feature dual Gen4 SSD slots for super-fast storage, and a rather large (and rather awesome inside of a Mini-PC) amount of memory: with 128GB of LPDDR5X-8000 RAM inside. Lenovo's new LCFC AI Mini-PC system features a 1GbE ethernet port as well as Wi-Fi (with no WiFi 6 listed).

As you may be aware, Apple's desktop OS may be renamed - it could be macOS 26, rather than macOS 16 - but whatever the name will be, rumor has it that the fresh version won't be compatible with some relatively recent Macs.

Apple Insider reports (and take this with the usual caution reserved for anything filtering down from the rumor mill) that pre-release builds of macOS 26 require a MacBook Pro 2019 or later, or a MacBook Air M1 or better. With an iMac, you'll need a 2020 or later model to be good to go with the new take on macOS.

This means that models as recent as the iMac from 2019 may be ruled out in the compatibility stakes, or MacBook Pro laptops from 2018. Moreover, the MacBook Air with Intel CPU from 2020 is also left out in the cold in theory.

Bosgame has just announced its new Mini-PC powered with up to AMD's new flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU, and the powerful small system costs just $1699 when its Strix Halo APU-powered Mini-PC competitors START at $2000. Check it out:

Inside of Bosman's new M5 AI Mini Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 system features AMD's new high-performance Strix Halo APU with 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 processing power, with an RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S integrated GPU with 40 CUs of graphics power compared to 16 CUs inside of the Strix Point APUs.

The RDNA 3.5-powered Radeon 8060S integrated GPU provides gaming performance similar to what you'd get out of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070, joined by a rather large 128GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory and dual Gen4 SSD slots, you've got quite the (tiny) gaming powerhouse with the new Bosgame M5 Mini-PC.

Thermalright had something that really caught my eye in the halls of Nangang at Computex 2025, a new Mini-PC that isn't just powered by up AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU, but the new Mini-PC has an AIO liquid cooler. Check it out:

The new 1-liter Mini-PC has a red-and-black themed open-frame design, which looks fantastic in the flesh, with a screen on the front of the system that can display stats from your system (CPU, GPU temps, the date and time, and more). The open-frame design features a large-ish (for a Mini-PC) copper radiator, a fan, and a motherboard. Inside, the system on the show floor featured an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU.

Inside, we've got t e AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU with 12 cores and 24 threads of Zen 5 processing power, 16 cores of RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S GPU, as well as easily-upgradeable RAM and SSD options with accessible M.2 SSD and SO-DIMM memory slots on the back.

Corsair had so many cool things to check out at Computex 2025 this year, and one of those was its Multi Frame Pegboard PC: where everything is attached to the Pegboard at the back, including your monitor, gaming PC, spare screens, Elgato streaming hardware, cabling, and more. Check it out:

As you can see in the images above (and below) the Corsair Multi Frame Pegboard has your entire setup on the desk, and behind the monitor. This includes your gaming PC, the monitor, tons of fans (AIOs, etc), spare screens, and more.

Better yet, you can 3D print parts and accessories for the Pegboard including an ATX tray, ATX tray split, ITX tray, ITX dual-slot GPU I/O bracket, vertical mount bracket, a vertical mount bracket extender, dual-slot GPU I/O bracket, triple-slot GPU I/O bracket, GPU support bracket, 120mm/240mm/360mm mounts, a cable holder, as well as ITX and ATX PSU mounts! All the stuffs!

ASUS announced its ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet earlier this year, packing AMD's new flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU, up to 128GB of RAM, and a 13-inch 2.5K 180Hz display, and more. Check it out:

It's like a Microsoft Surface but on serious steroids -- firstly, from the new Strix Halo APU that packs 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 processing power, a heavily beefed-up 40-core RDNA 3.5-based GPU, up to 128GB of RAM, and that gorgeous ASUS ROG aesthetic the company is known for.

I've been eyeing it off for many months now, but today in the halls of Nangang here in Taipei for Computex 2025 was my first chance to go hands-on with it, and it's an incredible "gaming tablet" to say the least. The big winner here is the Strix Halo APU, which increases the CPU core count, but seriously boosts the GPU core count over the Strix Point APU that is inside of laptops and Mini-PCs today.

Ever since ASUS announced its ROG NUC 2025 earlier this year, I've wanted to go hands-on -- but after hurting my back and not going to CES 2025 earlier this year, I had my chance at Computex 2025 this week -- and what an awesome little gaming PC it is. Check it out:

The ASUS ROG NUC 2025 packs some decently fast PC hardware inside of its small 3L chassis, with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU, the system ships with 16GB of RAM but supports up to 96GB of DDR5-6400 memory, and rocks a 1TB Gen4 SSD (which can be upgraded to a 2TB Gen4 SSD).

ASUS had its ROG NUC 2025 mini-PC plugged into their new ROG Strix OLED XG32WG gaming monitor, which rocks along at 4K 165Hz, running DOOM: The Dark Ages smoothly (considering this is a tiny 3L chassis).

MSI has collaborated with popular "VTuber" and member of the popular VShojo group "IRONMOUSE" for a special-edition IRONMOUSE-themed gaming PC at Computex 2025, and it is the most amazing system for the girl-gamer in your life.

We have a fully custom motherboard, liquid cooler, and monitor that is built around the VTuber star "IRONMOUSE" who is known for her "dynamic streams" and "powerful vocals" with MSI saying the "VTuber" has a passionate global following.

IRONMOUSE's signature colors are pink, peach, and purple which are all flowing throughout the custom MSI system, with iconic elements like heart motifs, devil horns, magical bells, and her mischievous demon mascot are woven throughout each of the products aesthetics, and it looks oh-so-good.

With modern AMD APUs with RDNA 3 and RDNA 3.5 graphics, gaming on a Mini PC has become more viable on compact, palm-sized systems. Go a little bigger, and you can find small SFF PCs with mobile versions of GeForce RTX 40 and now 50 Series GPUs. As great as the performance can be on these systems, there's still no substitute for a desktop GPU doing its thing to deliver a smooth and visually impressive PC gaming experience.

This is where ZOTAC's new ZBOX MAGNUS EN75060TC enters the picture, as it's the smallest PC featuring a desktop GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics card. Paired with a high-end Intel Core Ultra 7 mobile processor, the AI workstation and productivity capabilities offer a big step up over what's possible with a Mini PC, even one with the most powerful APU on the market.

However, the moment I saw ZOTAC ZBOX MAGNUS EN75060TC at Computex 2025, my initial reaction was to see it as the sort of PC you'd easily fit underneath or next to a big-screen TV. With its 2.65-liter form factor, it's significantly smaller than the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. With the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, it's more powerful, too.

With its versatile, compact, palm-sized form factor and striking, minimal energy-efficient design, the GEEKOM A5 2025 Edition Mini PC is built to power and connect your home, office, entertainment, and gaming needs.

The GEEKOM A5 2025 Edition is powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U processor with Radeon Vega 7 Graphics, featuring 6 Cores, 12 Threads, and a turbo speed of up to 4.3 GHz. It also has 16GB of DDR4-3200 memory (expandable up to 65GB) and 512GB NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSD (expandable up to 2TB). There's also room to expand with a dedicated M.2 2242 SATA3 SSD slot and an HDD slot, which can support up to 1TB each of additional storage.

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Beelink has officially unveiled its new GTR9 Pro AI Mini-PC featuring AMD's new Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU, supporting up to 96GB of RAM, and so much more. Check it out:

The new Beelink GTR9 PRO AI Mini-PC joins a growing list of Mini-PC systems, such as the recently-unveiled Lenovo ThinkCenter neo Ultra Mini-PC that takes the PC battle against Apple and its Mac Studio systems. Inside, we've got the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor with 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 processing power, up to 96GB of RAM, and an RDNA 3.5-powered Radeon 8060S integrated GPU that's good enough for AAA gaming with 60FPS.

Beelink has confirmed that its new GTR9 Pro AI Mini-PC has up to 126 TOPS of AI computing performance, dual 10Gbps ethernet ports for high-speed clustering, dual USB 4 ports with 40Gbps of bandwidth at the ready, and has support for local deployment of 70B+ AI local models. The Mini-PC has been built with industrial-grade components for "enhanced durability".

Lenovo has just unveiled its new ThinkCentre neo Ultra 2025, a new Apple Mac Studio competitor powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 285 processor and NVIDIA's desktop GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU.

The company revealed its new fleet of ThinkCentre neo Ultra 2025 systems at an event in China this week, with Intel Core CPU options, Thunderbolt 4 connectivity, and a desktop GeForce RTX 5060 Ti with 180W of TGP. Lenovo says its new Mini-PC can handle up to a desktop Intel Core Ultra 9 285 processor, too... no laptop chips here, folks.

Lenovo did say that the base configuration of its new ThinkCentre neo Ultra will feature an unknown CPU model from the Intel Core Ultra 5 family, and a desktop NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060. In the middle, we've got an also unknown CPU, this time from the Core Ultra 7 family, and the higher-end RTX 5060 Ti GPU.