Tag Archives: Minisforum

AceMagic Mini PCs With Pre-Installed Spyware — Now Multiple Reports.

by Anura Guruge
on February 7, 2024


Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google News‘.

My post from 5 weeks ago. Click to access post.

I told you about this, i.e., SPYWARE pre-installed on AceMagic mini PCs, as soon as I heard about it. I happened to see a YouTube video & a news story on the same day.

I was NOT amused.

This was NOT good. This was intentional. They can’t claim it was accidental.

My concern is that this will tarnish all of the sector. Now, I have tried Geekom, Minisforum and Beelink mini PCs in the last few weeks. All three were CLEAN and none of them had any bloatware. The Geekom IT12, that I opted to keep, was a very clean and good install. I was impressed.

But, this makes you nervous to deal with any of these Chinese mini PC companies.

I recommend that you stick to ASUS, Geekom and Beelink. I am not happy with Minisforum, for now.

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‘Geekom IT12’, Intel i7-12650H (10 Core), 32GB/1TB — A Video Review Of My Latest Mini PC.

by Anura Guruge
on January 20, 2024


Click image to access ‘YouTube’ video or use YouTube embed below.

A few screen grabs from the video.

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Did this impromptu, very amateurish video review last night. I could get better if I did these more often. But, as many of you know videos are not my thing. But, maybe I should make more of an effort.

I have now had this ‘Geekom IT12’ for exactly a week. Longest I have kept a Mini PC to-date. The fan noise was what bothered me the most. But, as you can see from this review I pushed the Mini PC back … further away from me … and put it on some ‘insulation’. It has helped.


PREVIOUS 2 Mini-PCs
Minisforum UN1265

Beelink SER6 Max

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My LATEST Mini PC — ‘Geekom IT12’, Intel i7-12650H (10 Core), 32GB/1TB — Noisy & Sleep Issues.

by Anura Guruge
on January 16, 2024


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Amazon listing.


This is my THIRD mini PC — following the ‘Minisforum UN1265‘ & ‘Beelink SER6 Max‘. I have now had it for 3.5-days; the LONGEST so far. It works — which is more than what the Minisforum did. So, that is good.

So far, so good — to speak. I am not over the moon, but it works.

Worked out of the box. That was a relief. The HDMI ports supported my (mandatory) two monitor system. Glad about that.

Came with Windows 11 Pro 22H2. That wasn’t bad. Using the ‘Microsoft Download Assistant‘ I was able to quickly and relatively painlessly update it to 23H2. That was GOOD. Now I am smack up to-date.

I had read/heard that the fan was noisy. NO KIDDING. Sounds like a jet trying to take off. But, as with most things, you get used to it. I am willing to live with it.

What was UNACCEPTABLE was the SLEEP setting.

Initially the NOISY fan would NOT turn off when you put the Geekom into SLEEP. That was annoying as hell.

Had to play around with MULTIPLE SETTINGS, over a 4 hour period, to finally get a semi-satisfactory solution. Not sure whether it is still fully fixed.

So, that is where we are. Better than the last two, but by no means perfect. Alas.


Minisforum UN1265

Beelink SER6 Max

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My Review Of The ‘Minisforum UN1265’ Mini PC Stating That ‘DisplayPort’ Would Not Work Published On Amazon — Despite My ‘2 Star’ Rating.

by Anura Guruge
on December 26, 2023


Click to ENLARGE. IF you want to see it on ‘Amazon‘.

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This really bummed me out. I had heard that Minisforum had display issues, but I couldn’t believe that they will ship products that weren’t going to work.

I wanted others to know. This review went live, on Amazon, today. Be interesting to see if Minisforum responds. From what I can see they have very little support.


Minisforum UN1265

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‘Minisforum’ UN1265 — DisplayPort Just Will Not Work! Crushed.

by Anura Guruge
on January 9, 2024


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Very discouraged & unhappy.

I was really, really looking forward to using this ‘Minisforum’ UN1265 as my 2nd PC. Crushed.

The HDMI port works like a champ. I tried both monitors on that HDMI port. No problem. Just the DisplayPort. Tried 3 cables.

Drivers up to-date. It is an Intel adapter.

Returning it. NOT HAPPY. NOT HAPPY.

Bummer. Second Mini-PC I am returning. First one worked. Just didn’t like the AMD Ryzen processor.

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