The Mac mini is, undisputably, one of the best small-form-factor PCs that money can buy. Its cheapest model is within reach of pretty much everyone, and the M2 chips at its heart are some incredibly potent CPU options. But what if you don’t want a Mac? What if you want something that runs Windows, and you don’t want to haul yourself through the process of installing Microsoft’s OS on Apple’s hardware?
There are some great mini PC options out there after a kind of reinvigoration of the format in recent years, and there have been some unexpected companies at the forefront. One of them is Geekom, a relative newcomer to the PC space which makes some very compelling mini PC options. This is the Geekom A7, a mini PC that packs in some very powerful hardware for the price and form factor — It looks like a tiny Mac mini, has loads of storage and RAM, and comes in around the same price as the base model Mac minis. But is it one of the best Mac mini alternatives?
