HP EliteDesk 8 Mini G1i Intel Core Ultra 9 285 32 GB DDR5-SDRAM 1 TB SSD Windows 11 Pro Mini PC AI PC Black

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At £2152.12 ex-VAT, the HP EliteDesk 8 Mini G1i is a “buy it if you need it” mini PC, not a “buy it because it’s small” mini PC. The Core Ultra 9 performance is the point: it’s well suited to teams doing heavier desktop-style workloads in tight spaces—think office power users running multiple apps at once, light-to-moderate CAD/engineering viewers, data work, or anything that benefits from strong CPU performance without needing a full tower. The Windows Pro angle also makes it easier to manage in a real business environment, which matters more than people expect when you’re rolling out machines to multiple users.

That said, I wouldn’t buy this for the typical “email, browser, Excel, Teams” crowd unless you genuinely need the compute headroom. For general office tasks, you’ll pay a premium you won’t feel, especially with a mini PC where upgrade/repair paths can be less flexible than larger desktops. If you’re trying to standardise a fleet, this is best when you can justify the Elite-tier spec—otherwise you’ll usually get better value from a lower-spec HP Mini/Desk equivalent or even a small business SFF desktop for the same money. Bottom line: great if it’s for demanding users or space-constrained deployments; hard to justify if the workload is basic.