What's Going On With the Intel NUC?

Intel made a huge announcement recently that they are exiting the mini PC manufacturing business. What does this mean for the future of the Intel NUC? Whatever you do, don't panic! We've got you covered.

Chris and Aaron Rowsell, Simply NUC's Co-CEO, sit down to discuss what is going on with the Intel NUC ecosystem. Who is taking over production for them? What other companies might try to fill their shoes?

[Ak-du]

Simply nuc is different from intel nuc??

[Psychiatry.]

Any NUC (or mini PC) without Thunderbolt3/USB4 support is really not a good deal.

[StephenBuergler]

my main concern is.. will it be harder to run linux on future nucs?

[IanVanCamp]

My problem isn't lack of new NUC-like devices, it's the lack of the type of support that Intel provided for them. I'm still receiving drivers and bios updates for several Intel NUC models I've owned that have been supposedly end of life for years. I can't even find support pages for half the alibaba fly by night nuc-likes that seem to be taking their place.

[RUHappyATM]

Could it be 'cos Intel's iGPU is so far behind AMD's?

[drinkwater]

just keep making the baddest hades/phantom/serpent canyon devices please

[kellu]

I have a nuc 12 pro x, but i really sad, used to Rin it with an rtx 3060ti eagle, when I wanted to upgrade the graphics Windows just wouldn't want to recognize an intel arc a770 bifrost and after not even an rtx 4070 super. What is wrong with my nuc, now its in service...im so sad i chose intel nuc...

[jansix]

I’ve always wanted a mini PC, but they never made one that could match a Mac mini. 🤷

[chrissinclair]

Oh god, ASUS has become so bad. Forget consumer rights!