MiniPCs.zip
Shares rank 3 of 6 price comparison sites by recommenders
A free interactive site that charts mini PCs by compute and price, highlighting the Pareto front to help find good value. Critics mainly report that the mobile experience is poor.
A free interactive site that charts mini PCs by compute and price, highlighting the Pareto front to help find good value. Critics mainly report that the mobile experience is poor.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Useful and cool to use
“It's an awesome tool. Makes me want to buy more tiny PCs.”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Mario Meets Pareto” “Very cool site. Thanks for making this.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: MiniPCs.zip (charting the pareto frontier of MiniPCs)” “This is extremely useful and cool.”
Comment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: MiniPCs.zip (charting the pareto frontier of MiniPCs)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Mobile experience is poor
“The mobile experience is horrible otherwise really awesome.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: MiniPCs.zip (charting the pareto frontier of MiniPCs)” X-axis change miscolors dots
“Though oddly, the x-axis itself doesn't change, so random dots end up colored after changing this.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: MiniPCs.zip (charting the pareto frontier of MiniPCs)”
Other price comparison sites people recommend
The four most recommended other price comparison sites, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| diskprices.com | 12 | 5 | 71% | 5 | — | Approved |
| camelcamelcamel | 8 | 2 | 80% | 5 | — | — |
| MiniPCs.zipThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| Price Per Ball | 7 | 3 | 70% | 1 | — | — |
| Geizhals | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's an awesome tool. Makes me want to buy more tiny PCs.”
“plots Mini PCs based on Compute vs Price (and other metrics) - highlighting the pareto front to find the optimal unit”
“Though oddly, the x-axis itself doesn't change, so random dots end up colored after changing this.”
“I can't seem to reliably click on a node, it works occasionally”
“The mobile experience is horrible otherwise really awesome.”
“Very cool site. Thanks for making this.”
“This is extremely useful and cool.”
“It's great that you have the data. I'm sure that took a lot of time to obtain.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.