Minisforum N5 NAS - Six Months Later

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Minisforum N5 on Official Site - https://s.minisforum.com/4qj0Qrb
Minisforum N5 Pro on Official Site - https://www.minisforum.com/pages/n5_pro
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Video Chapters
00:00 Why revisit the N5
00:48 Other reviewers to check
01:08 Stock problems then and now
01:39 Standard N5 preferred over Pro
02:40 Availability headaches continue
03:09 Minis Cloud OS progress
03:57 Mostly stability updates
04:20 Built in OS SSD now 128GB
05:12 Third party OS and secure boot notes
06:03 GPU pass through quirks
06:25 iGPU issues in some VM setups
06:57 Limited fan control
08:00 U.2 expansion card notes
09:02 Height limit on U.2 drives
09:33 Base model ships without RAM
10:15 Two NICs need two different drivers
10:51 OS compatibility cautions
11:21 Will there be a successor/Portfolio expansion

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