I had no idea there was a MintBox in development and available on Amazon??? Its very pricey, but compact, passive cooling and fairly small desktop. Kinda reminds me of the SteamBox setup... MintBox3 Pro $2499.00 MintBox3 Baisc $1399.00
What is the purpose of these "Mint Boxes?" Surely you can build your own small form factor machine for less? Or am I missing something?
I think they are response to SteamBox where you can buy your own gaming machine with Mint pre-loaded. The more expensive one has a video card included. I've built a media center with Mint using a Shuttle XPC Slim DX30 $189.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRW0499/ * It still needed a hard drive and Memory But it doesn't game very well. Handles video and online movies just fine, but its too small for a full size video card. It can do a bit of low quality gaming and online browser gaming, but it gets really hot. The MintBox is probably more suited for gaming and media viewing. I admit its pretty expensive and CompuLab has some other small form factor options here: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=CompuLab&ref=bl_dp_s_web_0
