However, getting the F2A to market may have left a few items on the development floor.
Both have 1TB of storage and 32GB of DDR5 memory.
A price comparison is challenging because the hardware in the F2A is unique to this product at this time.
But that will change, we predict.
We’ve seen some elegant metal enclosures for NUC-sized computers, but the F2A is entirely plastic.
The M.2 slots are both PCIe 4.0 spec, something that other architecture Mini PCs would struggle to offer.
The first obvious question is why Acemagic put the Gen 2 ports on the rear and not the front.
And equally, why does this machine not have USB 4.0 or Thunderbolt?
The rest of this system is impressive, but the provided ports are genuinely disappointing.
But when other designs are available, they will become selling points over the F2A, sadly.
That’s more than most desktop systems get, and this chip was designed for laptops and mini systems.
Here, it provides a much-needed boost to the graphics performance that Intel Iris Xe previously offered.
The result will be increasingly powerful systems that could make conventional desktop solutions obsolete.
Those issues, when combined with the relatively high price, might suggest that some patience is needed.
Should I buy a Acemagic F2A?
If you have Thunderbolt peripherals, then this isn’t the machine for you.
At less than $400, three of these can be bought for one F2A.
It can be bought barebones with only the processor installed.
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