Updated:
It felt quite slow for an I9 processor so I started running benchmark tests. The specific machine that I had performed almost as well as a ten year old I7, but not quite. I’ve returned the hardware for a refund. With the cost of these items there shouldn’t be such a descrepancy, it’s a work tool, it should at very least work as intended on arrival.
When I contacted GMKTec support they suggested that I remove the OS and reinstall it, which I did. That made no difference to the performance. It must be that that specific item was faulty. That said if one spends a thousand dollards on a bit of hardware (Including shipping) the hardware should work. If you don’t mind back and forth and wiping the OS and fiddling about with the thing until it eventually works I’m sure it can be made viable. I think I’ll buy different hardware instead, I need a working computer and I’m not inclined to tune and adjust and repair and ship hardware all over until it eventually works for me.
Old Review:
It performs ok on the kinds of things one might use a work computer for. It’s very lacking in the graphics department and isn’t upgradable. If you were to install Linux and a DB server on this little guy it’d be amazing. For anything that requires a bit of graphics grunt it’s a bit lacking. I installed a bluetooth speaker today and it seems it’s lacking in the bluetooth department too. The same speaker works perfectly with another computer in the same room but drops the connection and doesn’t work well with this mini PC. I also find that my mouse pointer stutters as though there is high latency between the mouse and the PC.
I’ll try removing and reinstalling the OS and see if that improves things, but so far it’s not comparable with “equivalents” from other manufacturers. I thought I’d give GMKTec a third chance, after on the second the PC just didn’t arrive and they literally asked me to give them another chance, but I think I’ll be safer buying any further PC’s I buy from another manufacturer.
The performance is generally lower then it should be.
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