Why this deal is ZDNET-recommended

Blackview, a company best known for its rugged Android smartphones with built-in thermal cameras, released the MP60 Mini PC in late 2022.

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It’s a really nice mini PC, perfect wherever you need a tiny computer. Right now, you can get one for as little as $269 on Amazon.

Blackview MP60 Mini PC tech specs

• Processor: Quad-core Intel Celeron Jasper Lake N5095 (four cores/four threads, 4MB L3 Cache, base frequency 2.0GHz, up to 2.9GHz)
• GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 450MHz (Burst frequency 750MHz)
• RAM: Offered with 8GB or 16GB DDR4
• Storage: Offered with 1TB or 256GB M.2 2280 SSD (storage expandable to 2TB using 2.5-inch HDD or SSD)
• Ports: Two USB2.0 Type-A, two USB3.0 Type-A, two 4K HDMI 1.4b Type A, RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port, DC power jack, 3.5mm audio-in/out Jack
• Wi-Fi: 2.4G+5.0G dual-band Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.2
• Dimensions: 5 × 5 × 2.1 inches
• OS: Windows 11 Pro
• Package contents: 1 x Blackview Mini PC, 1 x power adapter, 1 x VESA mount, 1 x manual, 1 x HDMI cable

The MP60 is a tiny PC packed with ports and cooled by a big fan and six heat pipes. 

The cooling fan has a cool LED light-up effect. Well, it’s cool if you like such things. If not, I haven’t found a way to switch it off without opening up the system. 

That fan initially bothered me because I thought it might be noisy, but the sound turned out to be very unobtrusive.

There are enough ports to allow the PC to take on a variety of tasks, such as media PC duties, small media and data server, or even photo and video editing. The dual 4K HDMI ports allow this petite PC to have twin displays connected to it. 

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Attach the VESA mount to the back of one of the displays, hook the MP60 to that mount, and you can truly maximize your desktop real estate.

The MP60 currently comes in two variants — a 16GB RAM/1TB storage version, and a lesser 8GB/256GB version. These components are backed up by a Quad-core Intel Celeron N5095 processor and Intel UHD Graphics GPU.

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The detachable base allows you to boost the storage to 2TB using a 2.5-inch HDD or SSD. This is easily done, and the only tool you need is a Phillips screwdriver.

If you don’t want to expand the storage, you can detach the expansion base and get an even smaller mini PC.

Here, the MP60 is hooked up to my Atomos Ninja V external display/recorder, and it makes me realize just what a compact and highly portable package this system and a small monitor would make.

As is the case with any Windows PC, much of your initial experience is taken up with updating the operating system. As annoying as that is, it does allow you to get an idea of how speedy or sluggish the system is, and the MP60 is definitely slick and speedy, along the lines of what I’d expect from the system specs.

I’ll delve deeper into the MP60 in a later review — I have some interesting plans for this system — but having had this in use for a few weeks now, I’m happy to recommend it to anyone looking for a small, discreet PC.

Currently, Amazon is offering the Blackview MP60 for under $270, making it a solid deal for a Windows 11 Pro mini PC.