[_jal]

I have two of those, and they don't even work well as doorstops. Intel crippled them in multiple ways, apparently varying by model, to the point where I'm not even sure it was intentional. But both of mine are useless to me because the BIOS refuses to boot without a monitor attached[1]. Apparently that was fixed in some models, but updates made no difference.

[1] One I can sometimes trick with a "headless" DP cable, but even that isn't reliable enough to stick in a closet and forget about.

[psadauskas]

Totally off topic in this thread, but I also have two of them I use for dev machines (one at home and one at the office), and I love them. Both run linux perfectly, all hardware supported, they're fast, powerful, quiet and low-power.

[zwerdlds]

Just to offer a contrary pov, I have a gigabyte brix that I use as a headless VM cluster workhorse - worked fine with the headless HDMI dongle.

[_jal]

Both of mine are Intel-branded, I forget which models. (They're in a box of things I've been too lazy to try to sell.)

I really love the form factor - about four of these would replace close to a kW-worth of hardware I currently run, and could hide in a closet. Maybe I should try again with known-good versions.

[herpdorplarp]

I "have" about 150 pcs of NUC model DC3217IYE. Three years later about 10% are dead.