Perfect for Kodi. Have purchased 2 for personal use and 2 for work use .
Zippy little thing. Suggest you get the extra mem and hd.
Simple Gui at work. Outstanding media server at home .

The short version:

-The Minix N42C-4 is upgradable both for RAM and Hard Drive
-It comes with everything you need including tv mount, international power outlet adaptors and HDMI cable
-It handles 4K videos
-It comes with Windows 10 PRO installed and ready to go
-It's a real PC so you can use it for everything
-The Minix has a English speaking forum with super helpful people

The rest:

You might be asking yourself: why would I spend 300 bucks on this mini-PC when I can get a decent Android box for 70 bucks and it can do the same things?

That's a perfectly reasonable question, and my answer is: although they might look comparable to the layman, it's actually an apples to oranges situation.

First of all, if you are interested in a small package that you can use for productivity, internet browsing, and general everyday life stuff (like printing a label to return a defective product), there is no doubt a mini-PC is a better option. An Android box is not gonna cut it (I'm talking about a box, not a tablet or smartphone). My experience with Android boxes is that they are designed to be entertainment devices, not productivity ones. So the browsers tend to suck, the interface is going to be designed to be used with a remote, connecting it to the printer is going to be a pain, etc.

The Minix is a PC so you can access all the software that is made for PCs, which is to say, ALL of it! You can't really compare that both in quantity and quality to the software available of Android.

Now, if we are talking strictly about entertainment, things are a bit different. Android boxes can definitely perform ok in that role. There are, however, a few limitations.

First of all, the apps on the Android box may work well for a while and then start malfunctioning, and while some companies like Minix are pretty good at releasing updates, other don't release updates at all. I had issues with the Youtube app and the Netflix app on some of the Android boxes I owned, and they never released updates to fix them. This includes a FireTV! With a PC you can use Youtube or Netflix through the browser and you KNOW they are going to work.

Depending on what kind of Android box you get, it might be more or less annoying to install apps like Kodi that are not on the Android marketplace. With a mini-PC you just got to the website and download it.

Do you want to connect a fancy sound system? Not all Android boxes have good audio output ports. This mini-PC offers HDMI and an optical audio output adaptor.

Again, depending on what Android box you get (some have better hardware than others) you may or may not be able to play those cool 4K videos you took with your new smartphone. I had Android boxes struggling with 4K. With this mini-PC 4K videos are not a problem.

So, the bottom line is, yes an Android box is cheaper than this mini-PC, but an Android box is mainly just a media center with several limitations. A PC is a PC, you can use it as a media center or anything else you want.

All in all, I find mini-PCs to be super useful, I have it hooked up to my TV with a wireless mouse and I love it! I tend to not use PCs for my everyday browsing and productivity (I prefer Macs), but it's also nice to know that if one day my other devices kick the bucket, I can just use my mini-PC for everything I need.

I gave it 4 stars because of the price point. You really get a whole lot for under $300. The Microsoft Windows 10 Pro license alone is worth over half of that so consider that when buying this unit.

Aside from that I really think you'll like it DEPENDING ON WHY you're buying it. If it's for a simple pc for web apps or a dedicated unit for things like skype then you won't find anything better for the price; however I would never recommend that someone buy this as a standalone unit for a business computer. It only comes with 32GB of Storage (which isn't nearly enough for much else other than Windows) and honestly, it's not really very fast.

A decent product but I would have gladly paid another $100+ if it had a m.2 120GB ssd installed instead and maybe another 4GB of ram but unfortunately they don't offer anything like that so if you want those things you'll have to go through the legwork of buying and installing the parts and reinstalling the OS.

i love this because it works fine and it does not take up a lot of space.. it just sits nicely on my desk leaving room for other things. like my 34 inch wide screen LG monitor.

Horrible, just plain junk. I'm not sure how this hot so many positive reviews. Every piece of software is installed crashed, or hung during the install. The only video jack that worked was the hdmi, and the cable that was sent with the item was broken as well. I had high hopes for this Minix.