I never realized until recently that a NUC is the perfect device for my aging mother-in-law. She has an old gaming desktop (sans-gpu) with a i5-4670 that is plugged up to a 1080p monitor next to her recliner chair. At some point that PC will die and these seem like a pretty meaty upgrade in a tiny box.

I'm glad someone "reputable" is taking the helm.

I love my Nuc now. I was bummed to hear intel wouldn't keep the line going. This is great news, imo.

I have a bunch of NUC-sized AMD systems - mostly from asrock, but one from asus as well, as the asrock ones were not available at the moment.

Buying that thing yet again proved all prejudices against asus. Half the special features are not working, support is incompetent, and firmware updating is a mess - as is the documentation. asrock has a detailed description of every pin header on the board over multiple pages - while asus used that space with a detailed guide on how to find and press the power button.