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PRICE Barebones (i7-1260P), £497 (£596 inc VAT) from uk.insight.com
When Intel released the NUC 11 Pro (see issue 322, p54) with an 11th generation mobile Core processor inside, we weren’t blown away by its speed. We pointed to mini PC rivals based on faster AMD Ryzen chips, plus the larger but far more powerful M1 Mac mini (see issue 318, p54). But with the 12th generation Core, Intel regained its mojo – and this makes the NUC 12 Pro a far more attractive proposition.