Looking to buy a mini PC with excellent performance (important) with a budget of < $650.00 will go higher if their is a mini PC that so much better without breaking the bank . Barebone meaning no windows OS required ( must be windows compatible. also willing buy parts and build if its a better option.
Here is my mini pc usage
Act as 3d printer interface , to use slice, print using Repetier host, slic3r , Cura , sketchup
Be able to take on plane when traveling to Jamaica and back (this is the reason a choose mini PC)
Act a CNC printer interface for my shapeoko 2 to all the software( already pre orded)
No haven’t got the rigidbot yet but my shapeko 2 is on the way.
Although the notebook is a easy option, running it 24/7 makes it not viable. I wanted to have a better option as I have some other requirements for the mini PC