This week at CES 2021, Intel launched its 11th-generation NUC mini-PCs and kits. The launch comes about a month later than usual.

BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
This week at CES 2021, Intel launched its 11th-generation NUC mini-PCs and kits. The launch comes about a month later than usual.
BY Paul Thurrott with 45 Comments
As many of you know, I’m a big fan of Intel’s NUC family of small form factor PCs. But I’m not just a fan: I’m a customer and a daily user too.
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
I’ve been using an Intel NUC as my primary PC for about a month, with no issues. Today, I finally added a Thunderbolt 3 dock to the system.
BY Paul Thurrott with 33 Comments
I’ve approached the new NUC a bit gingerly, given my early reliability problems. But now that I’ve solved the display issue, all is well.
BY Paul Thurrott with 41 Comments
When I finally decided to move past my unreliable AIO PC and use an Intel NUC, I had hoped to do so with no additional costs or effort.
BY Paul Thurrott with 63 Comments
Thanks to ongoing and increasingly maddening reliability issues with the AIO PC I had been using, I have switched to the Intel NUC I received late last year.
BY Paul Thurrott with 15 Comments
Over the weekend, I got the new Intel NUC up and running with the RAM and storage I previously purchased for the original unit.
BY Paul Thurrott with 29 Comments
Intel's latest generation of NUC mini-PCs and kits represent a major step up from the NUC I reviewed two years ago.
BY Paul Thurrott with 15 Comments
Intel this week announced a new family of NUC kits and mini-PCs that utilize its quad-core 8th-generation Core chipsets.
BY Paul Thurrott with 29 Comments
Intel is well-known for its PC microprocessors, but it deserves a bit of credit for its innovative work on actual PCs as well.
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For the past two months, I've used a tiny Intel NUC mini-PC every day as my main computer, and the experience has for the most part been very positive. But having twice run into USB issues, I decided to expanded the NUC with a new top lid that adds an additional two USB 2.0 ports.
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In the several weeks since I first purchased, assembled and then started using an Intel NUC mini-PC as my primary desktop, I've received a number of questions from readers about this setup. Was I really using a NUC? Could this inexpensive and tiny system meet my needs? Do I still recommend the Intel NUC?
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As you probably know, I've been championing Intel's amazing NUC mini-PC kits for the past month. But NUC is about to get a lot more powerful with the introduction of a new "Skull Canyon" model aimed at gamers and other high-end users.
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The Intel NUC mini-PC---technically a mini-PC kit to which I've added RAM and storage---is that rarest of delights, a cost-effective yet powerful PC that just works.