Blows the budget A blend of classic 1980s Commodore design and modern hardware, we were very impressed by the original Raspberry Pi 500 (£96 from www.snipca. com/56696) when we reviewed it in Issue 70

Christmas is coming, and Stuff ’ s playing Santa again: our 2025 Gift Guide is packed with techy kit that’ll light up faces faster than fairylights on a frosty night. Which is not to say you can’t keep the best things for yourself, of course…

Watts: the big idea In Issue 719 we tested Chinese manufacturer GMKtec’s NucBox G10 (www.snipca.com/56114), and while it’s very cheap at just £270 and delivers solid performance in office software, it

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BOX OF TRICKS Incredibly compact, the Geekom IT15 offers great CPU performance for under a grand. If only the GPU were stronger

The demise of the small, affordable supermini hasn’t been as severe as we had feared – at least, it hasn’t yet – and the burgeoning clique of quirky, pint-sized EVs is also encouraging. But even so, w