ZDNET's key takeaways The Herk Pulsar is avaialble now from the official website for $309.
This tiny PC has more power than you'll need for average tasks.
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I've tested a lot of Mini PCs, and they tend to fall into one of two categories: underwhelming or overachieving. Most of them tend to lean toward the former category, but when you find one that lives in the latter space, it's a pretty cool experience.
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When I opened the Herk Pulsar that was sent to me, the tiny green PC immediately had me saying, "Well, that's stinkin' cute." But is it worth the $309 price tag?
It didn't take long to answer that question.
My experience
A tiny, cute PC doesn't always inspire confidence in its performance; Is it made for a child? Or maybe it was built to serve as nothing more than a tool for browsing the web. After all, that's the majority of what people do these days on their PCs.
I do want to preface this by saying that most of these tiny PCs I test offer Linux versions, but for whatever reason, the companies keep sending me devices powered by Windows, and every single time, I wind up frustrated with the OS.
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