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I replaced Windows 11 with Linux on this mini PC, and it's already paying off for my workflow


If you only have space for a tiny PC, but don't want to skimp on power, the Geekom IT15 gets my recommendation.

I've always enjoyed a mini PC, and any time I can cobble together a system with a tiny form factor, I feel like a kid at Christmas. One thing to understand is that local LLMs consume a lot of system resources, and without an NPU or Nvidia GPU, all processing is on the shoulders of the CPU. The CPU in this PC is an Intel Core Ultra 9 285H -- which raises it well above midrange and into high-end territory -- so I could only imagine how fast the AI would perform with an Nvidia GPU.

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