Khadas Mind 2s AI Mini PC - 96 Tops AI Performance, Intel Core Ultra 7 255H｜64GB LPDDR5X+2TB SSD｜5.55Wh Battery｜Only 435g｜Thunderbolt 4｜8K UHD｜Win 11 Home｜Micro Desktop Computer for Work and Gaming

The Khadas Mind has completely changed my mobile computing experience in such a meaningful way that I have to share. First off, I have to confess that I'm a bit of a geek, unashamedly so. If you care what other people think, my use case might not be a great fit for you, but read on anyway, because there are other options that don't involve sitting in an airport with a pair of VR glasses on and a keyboard in your lap. I travel for work, not as often as I used to, but still enough that I absolutely require a mobile PC. I also despise using laptops while traveling. Hunching over a tiny screen and keyboard in a meeting is bad for my neck and shoulders, and forget trying to work, play a game, or watch a movie on the flight. As soon as the yoyo in front of me reclines their seat, my screen is forced to an angle that makes it unusable. So a while back I thought to solve the flight problem by buying a pair of VR glasses. I'm not talking about the big, bulky VR systems like the Meta Quest, but rather the compact Viture or XReal glasses. They're not really great for 3D purposes, but they put a giant screen right in front of your eyes and are really comfortable for longer-term use. At first I was connecting them to my phone for movies and not really using them for work, but I knew I had to try them with a PC. I tried them at home with a laptop, and they were great. So then I asked myself, "Why should I bother with a whole laptop? Why not have a Raspberry Pi or something that's compact and portable?" Well, the simple answer to the Raspberry Pi question is that there are some applications that I absolutely have to have for work that are Windows-only. So, I tried a "hybrid" approach, using the Raspberry Pi for movies and some games, and still lugging around my tank of a laptop for work. I hated it. Then I learned about the Khadas Mind. A full-fledged Windows PC with more processing power, memory, and hard drive space than my laptop, in a form factor about the size of two decks of cards next to each other. More than that, there's a dock option where you can conveniently hook it up at home. It has DisplayPort over USB-C, so I can connect it directly to my glasses, and it's powered by USB-PD, so I can use my mobile power bank to run it when outlets are scarce. Needless to say, I was absolutely hooked on the idea. Khadas is not a big company, like Dell or HP, so I was a little leery about spending this much money on an unknown, but I took the plunge anyway and have been absolutely thrilled with it since. I also bought a Mind Dock for at home, expanding my I/O ports a bit, but more important for me, making it a snap to just grab the computer and go when I need to pack my bag for a trip. So now, instead of a laptop with a dedicated charger in my bag, I have my Khadas Mind in its leather case, my VR glasses, single charger that has ports that will power my Khadas Mind, charge my Kindle, phone, headphones, and watch, and still has a couple of USB ports left over, and a 65% form factor keyboard and a mouse. It doesn't set up quite as quickly as a laptop, but once it is I'm remarkably more comfortable using it, especially for longer working sessions. I also have a wireless mini keyboard/mouse that I use on flights to navigate to movies and play games, and a Bluetooth controller for games as well. My backpack is significantly lighter, in fact I'll be switching to a smaller bag that will be easier on my back and shoulders, and my neck no longer hurts from crouching over a laptop like a caveman. I do get some funny looks using the glasses, so like I said, my use case might not be for everyone, but that doesn't mean the Khadas Mind isn't a great option for less geeky folks, too. Are you a hybrid worker that spends 3 days at home and 2 days in the office? This thing is PERFECT for that. Grab a couple of docks, put one at your office and one at home, and you'll be using the same PC at home and at work. Because it's so compact, you can just drop it in a purse or small sling bag for your commute. I'm hoping Khadas will continue to expand and improve on the Mind lineup. The I/O port on the bottom that the dock uses opens up all kinds of possibilities, like a battery backpack for mobile use or additional storage via an NVMe array (both ideas I'd love to see them build!). They're already heading down that road, with an optional dock that includes an RTX 4060 graphics card for people who want to do more intense gaming. I'd also like to share my support experience. Several months after I bought this computer it developed an issue where the system would blue screen frequently. After some conversations with the support team over e-mail, they have determined that the root cause is likely a hardware defect, and they are sending DHL to pick up the device so they can do troubleshooting in-house. The communication with the support team has been stellar. This further increases my likelihood of buying more products from them in the future!

Excellent mini pc with a robust ecosystem

I bought the Khadas Mind 2s with 64GB of ram. I also bought an extra 2TB drive for storage, which inserts easily into the bottom of the device. The Khadas Mind 2S is unbelievably powerful for its size. I currently am using it as a portable gaming rig with a portable 16in 1080p monitor. You set modern games to use XESS balanced, limit the frame rate to 30fps, then have lossless scaling (separate purchase on steam) double the framerate to 60fps with almost no discernable lag. You aren't going to be gaming at 4K on this thing and even 1440p might be a stretch, but 1080p on a portable monitor works fantasti with high settings on nearly every game. I have this device, plus the portable monitor, plus a macbook pro M2 Max, large battery backups, all in a leather backpack. Great stuff.

Fantastic so far, small compact, I can put it in my pocket if I wanted to. Paired it with Mind Graphics, game changer for such a small unit. Pricy, yes but worth the price.

The thunderbolt 4 connection is a plain usb4. I have asking Khadas if there is a way to turn on resizable bar in bios, still waiting.

Great portable PC for browsing, work, and school! Light gaming works too. The mini size is the best part - easy to grab a docking station or portable monitor/keyboard setup for on the go needs.

I have taken my time with this review. It has been about a month of me running with this as my main daily rig. I do web development / general software development and systems engineering as my primary job. Overall, I am using this about 8 – 10 hours a day 6 days a week. First let me geek at you for a bit. This is a technical marvel. The amount of computing that this computer that is basically a bit bigger than a pack of playing cards is truly astounding. I did not think that I would notice too much of a difference coming from my Intel 13700 but wow. I was wrong. And some of that might have to do with the absurd amount of RAM they packed into this. This is the “snappiest” computer I have ever used and it floors me almost every day on what it is capable of. I tend to run a ton of docker containers and even a few VM’s that I use on the daily – this tiny powerhouse is not bothered at all by it. It is absolutely stuffed to the gills with potential and yet it runs off USB-C power… it is absurd in the best way possible. That being said. I cannot for the life of me figure out who this is actually for? The only thing that comes to mind is the person that lives a minimalist lifestyle and has one of those clean desk spaces that look staged, or a person that needs to hide a powerhouse of a computer in a tiny space. The price is hideously egregious compared to pretty much everything else on the market and I constantly think to myself I should have purchased a nice laptop over this. I also do not understand the battery situation of this. Yes you can have it hibernate for a period of time because of it, to move between work spaces? I really, really just do not get it. Why not just laptop? My time with this tiny powerhouse has not been without trouble either. I have worked with support to try and resolve a mystery bluescreen that keeps on randomly happening in the dead of night. I am fully up to date on firmware and Windows updates. And despite having a ton of disk controller errors, after weeks of trying one thing, waiting 24 hours and then trying something else the only thing they can suggest is re-installing Windows. Which did not resolve the issue. I fear now that I have this incredibly expensive unit with a failing disk controller. Support for something like this should be available via phone or remote control at least. Not through Amazon and waiting 24 hours or more between responses. With a price this high, it commands top tier support -- and that simply is not what was given. I did not try and play any games with this, but I have seen videos of others doing some basic gaming. I have done a ton of other stuff, surfing the web etc. and using some pretty heavy IDE’s and it is great for that. I do have some times when compiling software or my IDE is indexing that I can hear the fan, it is quite audible when you’re running it up to speed. At the end of the day and for the end of my review. I love this micro power house, I am concerned it is not going to last much longer and there is nobody I could recommend it to. You really have to have some sort of very, very specific use case for this for it to make any sort of sense at all over a similar and much more capable laptop.

一台目はwindows server をインストールしようとし、ダメになりましたが、何とか会社とchatで連絡がつき、windows 11を再インストールしてもらい明日到着の予定。2台目はvide boardと組み合わせ、LLMを使うのみ最適です。RAM,VRAMを最大に入れるとやはり高価とはなりますが、小型なので何よりです。これで耐久性があればよいのですが。いまだ不明です。

Ein wirklich stylischer und wertiger Mini PC der mein Notebook ersetzt hat. Ich möchte das Gerät nicht mehr missen. Ich bin viel unterwegs und habe meinen PC nun immer in meiner Tasche. Er wiegt nicht viel, hat aber die Leistung von einen "richtigen" PC. Damit man nichts mehr umstecken muss, kann ich als Zubehör das 'Mind Dock' empfehlen.

Solid and quality build. Looks terrific! I had occasion to contact after sales service. Rosie and team provided an excellent service (sorting out a glitch caused by third party software). Works extremely well in my office set up - two large screens, lots of peripherals - handles all with aplomb. Easy to set up (I use mine with the Khadas Mind Graphic). Good value. Highly recommend.

普段ノートパソコン使用で自宅と職場で使うものの基本的には決まったことしか触らないのでPCがあまり詳しくない者からの使用感のレビューになります。ミニPCは初めて使用しました。まずは第一印象コンパクトさにびっくりします。小さい薄い。バッテリーが内蔵されています。自宅でドックを抜き職場に移動しても作業中の画面をそのまま使えました。 ブラウザのタブをたくさん開いても、動画編集（4K）などをしても余裕があります。個人的にですがfps(apex)をしますが、60〜100 FPS以上を維持され、とにかく動作がスムーズな点が魅力的でした。 こんなに小さいのにスムーズです。 微妙な点は使いこなせていない位のスペックと、発熱があるので少しファンの音が気になる点、価格が割高といった点は個人的には微妙な点だと思いました。

I've been through decades of tech, from Olivetti typewriters to high-end business laptops. Recently my wife and I were considering expensive laptop replacements when I discovered mini-PCs. Most were uninspiring bricks, but then I saw the Khadas Mind 2. WOW! The brilliant design caught my eye, and the unanimously positive reviews convinced me - this one’s different. We manage, research and create - heavy users of MS Office, Adobe CC, Affinity suite, music software (Finale, Ableton) plus all the usual productivity apps. We travel frequently and need reliable, portable computing power. The Mind 2 and Mind Dock offer all that in spades. We're not gamers, so don’t need the Graphics Dock. Design Excellence: Finally, someone understands that tech can look as good as it performs. These machines are beautifully engineered aluminium ingots, not plastic bricks. Performance: Mind 2 handles everything we throw at it instantly - complex Adobe work, multiple apps, music production. No hesitation, no fuss. Cooling: Runs impressively cool. I added a KLIM Tempest cooler for peace of mind, but it's rarely needed. Connectivity: Every peripheral we own connects seamlessly - monitors, printers, scanners, audio gear - some dating back years. Zero compatibility issues. Setup: Possibly the quickest, easiest setup I've ever experienced. Kudos Khadas Modular System: The Mind Dock adds all the ports you need, plus surprisingly good built-in speakers. Sound quality is remarkable for the size. Portability Game-Changer: This is where it gets interesting. I can carry the Mind 2 with a portable monitor, wireless keyboard/mouse and power bank in a small sling bag. My wife commutes between country home and city office - she'll have Mind Docks at both locations and carry just the tiny Mind 2. It's redefining how we think about mobile computing. Real-World Use: After two months of continuous use this little machine has stolen our hearts. It even handles Windows 365 cloud computing flawlessly, something that's been problematic with other devices. We're so convinced we're buying another Mind 2 and two additional docks. Addressing Common Criticisms: Fixed RAM? It's meant to be portable - of course the RAM’s soldered down. Limited storage upgrades? It's TINY. That's the point. Easy enough to add external storage. Proprietary ecosystem? Good! Ensures everything works together perfectly. Expensive? Premium design and engineering cost money. Worth every Euro for what you get. Bottom Line: It’s not just another mini-PC - it's a glimpse into the future of computing. The modular ecosystem, exceptional build quality and thoughtful design make it stand out from the crowd. If you want something that performs brilliantly while looking elegant on your desk (or in your bag) this is it. Absolutely go buy it. Get the model and dock that suit you. You won't regret it. Phil the Geek