Is this the Mac mini’s BIGGEST Windows competitor?! GEEKOM AE7 mini PC!

The GEEKOM AE7 is a mini Windows PC packed with impressive tech. The big question is, can it impress a long-time Mac mini advocate? Can Windows users enjoy the same convenience and performance from such a small frame and price point? Let’s find out! This video is sponsored by GEEKOM.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
01:31 - Specs and pricing
03:49 - Why I love the Mac mini
05:47 - GEEKOM AE7 highlights
08:33 - Wrap up

[MarkEllisReviews]

Mini PC/Mac mini owners: what do you use your machine for?

[GEEKOMPC]

Thank you for reviewing our product. Your feedback on GEEKOM products is greatly appreciated!

[PaulJacobs]

PC's are not the issue, they are good value for money.. period... The problem is Windows..! I'll stick with my Mac mini thank you..!

[JonBushell]

I loved windows like you but switched a Mac mini and never looked back. I love the reliability, speed, simplicity and the fact that all short cuts and messages on phone and iPad all carry over. Unfortunately I have to use windows at work and boy the endless updates that break something ands following updates that fix that but break something else. I think windows needs to be better by now.

[impulsesystems]

Mac Minis are 'amazing' because of MacOS. The hardware spec of the AE7 is impressive but ...Windows. On a day of worldwide Windows outage, I am relieved to be a Mac user. Great comparison. Thanks!

[bob]

Had two windows mini pc’s in the past. Both overheated and fried the motherboard. There’s just not enough cooling in them. Gave up trying and went to Mac mini m2. Never had any issues. Never going back to windows. Enough said!

[petere]

Another great review and I think that is a cracking bit of kit for the price. I was thinking about getting a Windows laptop (for home use) because I use windows and apple and I’m seriously tempted to get a Geekom as I have a 4K monitor doing nothing. Less than £1000 for a device with a 2 TB SSD seems like a bargain.

[MuddyDuck...]

BRAVE 😂- pushing a Windows box over a Mac on the same day as a Windows bug causes major global outages.
Fortunately I remain fairly platform agnostic, although Windows purchases are currently running in 🥉3rd place...

[dansanger]

Mini-PCs are the best thing to happen to computing in years. They range from $135 Intel N100-based machines, to higher end ones like in the video. Almost all of them run Windows and Linux equally well. And, the higher end ones like in the video (with a Radeon 780M iGPU) are capable of running many modern triple-A games on low settings at an OK to good framerate. I've bought three mini-PCs in the past six months. One is a higher end mini-PC similar to the one in the video that is my main Windows desktop that I use for general productivity and gaming (Red Dead Redemption II). I also bought an inexpensive N100 machine that houses two 3.5" HDDs that I installed a Linux-based NAS operating system on that I use as a NAS. And, I bought a third N100 machine that I installed Linux Mint on. All three combined were less than $1000. Plus, I still have my M1 MacBook Air for when I want portability.

[eduardowatkinz]

Have you tried video editing with it? How are the rendering/export times. That's were I see the short coming of any comparison to the M series Mac Mini; the Mini does a great job with video editing/rendering and exporting.

[ofrutsra]

Won’t lie, it’s a little disheartening to see a computer half the size AND price of the one I bought perform basically just as well…

Still really like my Mac Mini though

[louisefindlay]

Sweet. Upgrading the memory and SSD is great. I like to take advantage of Prime Day and BF sales.

[RodLogsdon]

I purchased the AE7 about 3 weeks ago and I am very pleased with it. Windows is not my preferred OS, I've been running LinuxMint for years. I have set up the Geekom with a dual boot, Windows/Linux OS to use my preferred Linux OS. For the 2 or 3 times a year that I need Windows I can boot into Windows 11.

[bzzerc]

The two USB A Ports on the front not 4.0 as you suggested they are usb3.2 gen 2 ports. There are no usb A gen 4.0 ports there are only usb c 4.0 ports

[cmathieu]

For my use case - the Geekom AE7 - have not bought it yet as I am deciding between the AE7, the A8 and the Asus NUC 14 Pro+

[techtipsuk]

I bet that runs hot. Its small but does have an external power supply. The biggest issue of all is it runs Windows. Apple did add the SD Card to the Mac Studio.

[JonBushell]

Mac hating people only ever say “hate the way you’re locked in to Apple”. That doesn’t actually mean anything. Having the phone, iPad, watch and Mac all synced together and show the same functionality is great. Is that locked in? If you by a ford focus, are you “locked in” to ford cos they sell the parts? Anyway nice and great that it’s upgradable which is the only benefit I can see. But if you research properly you don’t need to upgrade macs and they will work for 10 years if looked after. And external ssd, s make more sense anyway and are safer.

[yelseh]

is this good for audio workstation being an AMD and so !!???.

[dadude-rsub]

Why not wait for Apple to put out is m4 and compare it to that??? Has that been out 2 years like the Mac mini m2

[Colinsplace]

An interesting day to promote a windows product. 😂😂😂😂😂