I brought a mini PC with me on my last trip and I'd do it again in a heartbeat

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Traveling for work can be disorienting as you have to leave your monitor and desktop at home, but you can get a similar experience with a mini PC and a portable monitor.

I brought a mini PC with me on my last trip and I'd do it again in a heartbeat : Read more

 

[CajunMoses]

Mini-PC. Oxymoron.

 

[jakesnod]

This just feels like an advertisement article for all those accessories. Lets be real, the laptop would work just fine if not better than a mini PC in every scenario you mentioned. All you need to do is bring the laptop and the external kb/m and if absolutely necessary, the external monitor. There is no use case I can see that would benefit from having a mini PC instead of a laptop, especially if you're just typing!!!

 

[Anthony Spadafora]

This just feels like an advertisement article for all those accessories. Lets be real, the laptop would work just fine if not better than a mini PC in every scenario you mentioned. All you need to do is bring the laptop and the external kb/m and if absolutely necessary, the external monitor. There is no use case I can see that would benefit from having a mini PC instead of a laptop, especially if you're just typing!!!

So this is the second time I've done this and I'm leaving for a family trip tomorrow and plan to do something similar. While some people can easily work from a laptop, I've always preferred using a desktop instead.

I did a bring laptop on this trip which I used while out and about at Computex but when I got back to the hotel, it was nice to sit down in front of a desk setup that felt closer to what I use at home. Part of the reason I brought all that gear to Taiwan is that I wanted to improve upon a similar setup I took with me to California back in 2019 that's pictured in the article. The arrival of that mini PC right before I left just pushed me over the edge to give it another try on this trip.

Sure, it was a bit ridiculous and going through airport security required three separate bins but I don't think I would have had such a great time in Taiwan or gotten as much done if I was stuck with just a laptop. For shorter trips when traveling light, a laptop would be fine. However, as I was there for a week working the whole time, I wanted a more permanent setup and it was a great way to test multiple devices at the same time.