This incredibly minuscule all-in-one Windows PC is the ideal touchscreen device for remote workers — shame it doesn’t have a built-in battery
The ability to run three monitors simultaneously in a tiny footprint is something that won’t go unnoticed
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Browsing throughBlack Friday deals, I came across thismini PC with a touchscreen from Geekbuying, currently costing $189.99, down from $209.99 thanks to a time-limited Black Friday offer ($20 off $200). The Meenhong JX2 is a realmini PCstrapped to a 5.7-inchportable monitor; it’s by no means powerful but itsIntelN5105 CPU, with its four cores and four threads, should be enough for most mundane tasks (no gaming or creative workloads though).
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The JX2 includes 8GB of DDR4 RAM and a 256GB SSD (you can add another SATA one). There’s plenty of cooling vents which - alongside the aluminum chassis - should help with power dissipation. Shame that it is not a passive model; you still need a fan for active cooling.
From the side, it looks like a docking station, measuring only 160 x 80 x 20mm. It has plenty of ports as well, eight in all, including a Type-C power delivery one which means you can also use it with a recent smartphone power adaptor (you need at least 30W though). Alternatively you could plug in aportable power stationor a laptop battery.
It runs onWindows 11 Pro, notWindows 11Home, but is also compatible with Ubuntu; the built-in display would be useful as a second or third sidekick screen to display messages or alerts; the JX2 supports two monitors. It doesn’t have a kickstand, a microSD card reader or a built-in webcam, so is designed to lay flat on a surface.
It is not the first time that mini PC with tiny screens have appeared on my radar; theGole Gole1 Plusand theGole Gole1come to mind. I’ve asked for a review sample. I would love to see whether anyone comes up with a modular concept where a mini PC can be connected to a portable monitor and a laptop battery to deliver a working Windows tablet. MaybeFramework?
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