'A great option for any office': Geekom's AX8 Max mini PC combines Ryzen 7 power and Radeon 780M graphics for under $600
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A sub-$600 Ryzen 7 mini PC with upgradeable RAM, dual multi-gig LAN, and USB4 is another data point that decent AI-capable edge hardware is now commodity-priced. If you’re still assuming all inference must live in the cloud, revisit your TCO and latency models for office and branch deployments.
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