Intel Kills the NUC, Will Stop Selling PCs

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Intel Kills the NUC, Will Stop Selling PCs

Intel has confirmed that it has killed its NUC product lineup and will exit the PC market.
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Intel has confirmed that it has killed its NUC family of tiny PC products and will exit the market.

“We have decided to stop direct investment in the Next Unit of Compute (NUC) Business and pivot our strategy to enable our ecosystem partners to continue NUC innovation and growth,” an Intel statement reads. “This decision will not impact the remainder of Intel’s Client Computing Group (CCG) or Network and Edge Computing (NEX) businesses. Furthermore, we are working with our partners and customers to ensure a smooth transition and fulfillment of all our current commitments, including ongoing support for NUC products currently in the market.”
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Not surprising seeing as how many chinese micro pc manufacturers sprung up in the past 5 years ...
 
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Intel's belt-tightening continues as it hands off small-form-factor PC development to Lian Li, Cooler Master, and others.
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Intel has decided to stop making its Next Unit of Computing (NUC), but the company will encourage partners to keep making the small form-factor (SFF) PCs, the company said Tuesday.

Intel’s NUC championed compact PCs, while leaving larger chassis options to partners like Dell and HP. But Intel’s decision seems like a natural one, given that Intel has refocused on its core businesses during a period in which it also invested heavily in its own manufacturing operations and foundry business.

An Intel spokesman confirmed an initial report by Serve The Home, saying that Intel will continue to support the existing NUCs it has already shipped into the market.
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Intel kills its NUC line, but the tiny PC will live on

Intel has discontinued its own NUC small-form-factor PC line, ceding the space to its partners.
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Intel Kills the NUC, Will Stop Selling PCs

https://www.thurrott.com/hardware/285526/intel-kills-the-nuc-will-stop-selling-pcs?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Intel has confirmed that it has killed its NUC family of tiny PC products and will exit the market. “We have decided to stop direct investment in the Next Unit of Compute...
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I think the problem is the NUC was a solution in search of a problem.
It isn't really a good media player (far too expensive and requires beefy specs to keep up at 4k which media players do comfortable, not to mention problems with things like DV, Atmos, etc.)
It isn't a good desktop computer or gaming computer (too low performance, not cheap enough to justify the sacrifices)
It isn't a good SBC (too high energy, too expensive, not enough IO)

I love the idea of a NUC but I've got one and, well since buying a nVidia Shield Pro, it has been sitting in a cupboard getting older.

There are definitely people for which it was good enough in the above categories and some niche categories. But 99% of the people would likely have avoided it for the above reasons IMO
 
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Gnome said:
I think the problem is the NUC was a solution in search of a problem.
It isn't really a good media player (far too expensive and requires beefy specs to keep up at 4k which media players do comfortable, not to mention problems with things like DV, Atmos, etc.)
It isn't a good desktop computer or gaming computer (too low performance, not cheap enough to justify the sacrifices)
It isn't a good SBC (too high energy, too expensive, not enough IO)

I love the idea of a NUC but I've got one and, well since buying a nVidia Shield Pro, it has been sitting in a cupboard getting older.

There are definitely people for which it was good enough in the above categories and some niche categories. But 99% of the people would likely have avoided it for the above reasons IMO
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I use it as a desktop pc and its perfect.My 1 nuc functions as my day to day pc + its got enough beef to run my home lab as well.
 
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I bought one 2nd hand from @Peon here at Mybb. Damn nice little unit. I sorted out a noisy fan with a drop of sewing machine oil and the little thing does everything I want it to. Better than the old i5 lappie I've been using the last few years. Will definitely buy another one when I need a new pc.
Or, I guess, a clone (in light of the thread title).
 
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As an alternative, the "Tiny Mini Micro" form factor models from HP, Lenovo and Dell are really great value for money if you get them second hand. You can pick up a 8th gen i5 with 8GB RAM and a SSD for R3000~3500 if you're patient. Not only are they small and quiet, they're really light on the power draw as well (10~15W idle).
 
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Grouter said:
I bought one 2nd hand from @Peon here at Mybb. Damn nice little unit. I sorted out a noisy fan with a drop of sewing machine oil and the little thing does everything I want it to. Better than the old i5 lappie I've been using the last few years. Will definitely buy another one when I need a new pc.
Or, I guess, a clone (in light of the thread title).
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Been on the lookout for a good priced one on Carb for a while now. Would love one to replace my old laptop
 
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