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Why is the power supply 2x larger than a Macbool Pro PS unit? Cheap? What about GaN?

Mac Mini/Studio has an integrated power supply, but other Mini PCs do not have the same luxury. It doesn't matter if you're Minisforum or HP.

Minisforum probably reused the x86 power supply for ARM. The x86 MS-01 and MS-A2 supports GPUs after all.

I'm not a hardware engineer, I've failed miserably in software engineering and now run a VPS host.

I was wondering why the PSU is half the size of the compute unit housing. 15 years ago, sure, but today it just seems cheap and lazy on part of whoever designed it.

Caveat: I'm frequently mistaken, always keen to learn and reduce the error between my perception and reality!

> but other Mini PCs do not have the same luxury

My Beelink Me Mini has an integrated PSU. Actually same with the EQR6 I got too.

>I'm not a hardware engineer, I've failed miserably in software engineering and now run a VPS host.

I’m curious how hard hosting VPS as a business was to get off the ground? I’ve worked 5 years previously as a Linux sysadmin, but am getting pretty bored at my current job (administering Cisco VOIP systems). Think I’d rather go back to that

I think that's why they were comparing to the MacBook Pro rather than the Mac Mini/Studio.

I have a personal ban on any hardware that isn't powered by USB-C. (Or if it's large I'll accept a C17 socket.) Either give me a GaN or I will get it myself.

Otherwise I'd probably have a few machines from this company.

This model accepts 100W USB PD input as well.

It's just cheap.

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