Ayaneo's Macintosh-inspired mini PC starts at $149 with internals to match

has been teasing its Macintosh-inspired PC for a couple of weeks. Now that the AM01 is accessible for pre-order, the corporate has revealed the costs and specs. Whereas some had been hoping Ayaneo would use comparable chipsets to these present in , it has opted to make use of older AMD APUs. On the plus aspect, the corporate has priced the varied AM01 configurations fairly pretty.

The mini PC begins at $149 for a configuration with an AMD Ryzen 3 3200U, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. That's an early hen value, and this model will later retail for $199. Configurations with a Ryzen 7 5700U APU begin at an early hen value of $219 for a barebone unit and stretch as much as $379 for a mannequin with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Ayaneo notes that the AM01 is expandable as much as 64GB of dual-channel DDR4 RAM and 2TB of M.2 stable state storage. There's additionally a SATA 3.0 interface that helps a 2.5-inch SDD or HDD.

The Ryzen 7 5700U variants have Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, in contrast with Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2 on Ryzen 3-powered items. Ayaneo retains the AM01 cool with the assistance of a big fan and 4 copper warmth pipes.

On the connectivity entrance, there's one USB-C 3.2 Gen1 port, three USB 3.2 Gen2 ports and one for USB 2. There's a 3.5mm headphone jack, whereas the machine runs on DC energy. There are additionally gigabit Ethernet, DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0 ports. Ayaneo says the AM01 can output video in 4k at 60fps and it's appropriate with dual-screen setups.

All of this is available in a compact case that measures simply over 5 inches (132mm) vast and tall and simply over 2.5 inches (64.5mm) thick. Including to the AM01's portability, it weighs barely over a pound (486g).

You’ll be able to personalize the mini PC with magnetic ornamental parts. In different phrases, you'll be capable to swap out the badge on the underside left of the machine (the identical spot the place the Apple emblem is on the Macintosh). Ayaneo will embrace a bunch of stickers too, so you may beautify the non-functional "display screen."

The AM01 comes with Home windows 11 Residence Version pre-installed, so long as you go for a configuration with RAM and an SSD. Ayaneo says the Ryzen 7 APU can deal with mainstream on-line video games and "gentle" AAA titles. Its AYA Area device can deal with duties like bringing your entire video games from totally different storefronts collectively in a single place, limiting the framerate and including a efficiency overlay.

Though it's usually value exercising warning on the subject of merchandise promoted on crowdfunding platforms, Ayaneo successfully . It's not trying to crowdfund the AM01. In actual fact, the mini PC is just about able to roll. The corporate says the AM01 is slated to ship in December, so the mini PC ought to begin reaching clients over the subsequent few weeks.

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