A range of new Raspberry Pi mini PC alternatives has
been made available to preorder today in the form of the Wand Pi 8M, which is
now available to preorder from US$ 89 with shipping expected to start during the spring
of 2018.
The new small form factor mini PC is available in three builds, the
Wand Pi 8M Lite equipped with 1GB RAM, 4GB eMMC for US$ 89, the Wand Pi 8M Pro
with 2GB RAM, 8GB eMMC for US$ 99 and finally the Wand Pi 8M Deluxe with 2GB RAM,
16GB eMMC for US$ 119. All three systems are powered by an quad-core ARM
Cortex-A53 processor supported by Vivante GC700Lite graphics offering support
for 4Kp60 H.265 and VP9 video.
The integrated graphics taking the form of the
Vivante GC7000Lite, supports 4K UltraHD and HRD video capabilities offering
users a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. Other features of the mini PC include
connectivity via both 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2 together with ports for
HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0 and USB 3.0 Type-C ports.
