Thinking about traveling demo setups for ngscopeclient and thunderscope.
Requirements:
* Smaller is better
* PCIe gen2 x4 or thunderbolt 3 host port for TS
* Decent internal GPU or free pcie slot for an nvidia card
Open to laptop, mini pc, SBC, or any other form factor but ideally it should fit in a carryon sized pelican case along with whatever else I'm demoing it attached to.
What is the lowest cost/smallest form factor minimum viable setup if i don't care about GPU performance but need functional vulkan? What about if I want something decently powerful?
I have a base model M4 mac mini that is functional but needs an external keyboard/mouse/monitor and the GPU is somewhat wimpy compared to higher end apple silicon.
I also have a spare RTX 2080 Ti but nothing to house it in.
Andrew Zonenberg
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2026-08-08 00:52:35 UTC
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