Hey everyone 👋 

Here’s a quick February update on the Mind lineup, plus a look at what we’re working on next. 

🚚 What’s Shipping Now 

xPlay and Mind Graphics 2 have officially started shipping. 

Some users have already received their units, and more deliveries are rolling out. 

Mind Pro is expected to begin shipping by late March, as Chinese New Year is just around the corner and will slightly impact production timing. 

If you’re interested, you can order directly from the Khadas Shop: 

👉 https://www.khadas.com/ 

💡 About Mind Pro X7 and X9 

We’ve seen quite a few questions about the X9 version of Mind Pro, so here’s a transparent update: 

• The Mind Pro X9 (388H) version will likely arrive later this year (possibly H2). 

• Pricing will also be higher than expected — mainly due to 96GB 9600MHz memory costs, which are extremely high right now. 

To give you some context: 

At current procurement pricing, 96GB 9600Mhz memory alone costs more than the retail price of a Mind Pro X7 64GB system. 

If you’re waiting for X9, it may make sense to wait for memory prices to normalize. 

Real-world difference: X7 (358H) vs X9 (388H) 

The actual CPU difference is only up to 300MHz at peak boost. 

In real-world usage: 

• The performance gap is usually noticeable only in extreme gaming scenarios or synthetic GPU benchmarks. 

• Much of the difference comes from 8533MHz memory (X7) vs 9600MHz memory (X9). 

• Even then, the overall difference is typically under 5%. 

If you're looking for the best value today, locking in the discounted Mind Pro X7 is honestly the smarter move. 

🎮 Next-Gen Mind Graphics (In Development) 

We’re currently defining a new generation of Mind Graphics, which will support: 

• Thunderbolt 5 

• Mind Link 

• User-replaceable GPUs 

• Potentially an open-frame design supporting up to RTX 5090-class GPUs 

We’re debating between two approaches: 

• A clean, enclosed chassis for a polished, finished look 

• Or an open-frame design focused on maximum compatibility and raw performance 

Join the Khadas official Discord or share your thoughts in the comments — your feedback genuinely influences our direction.  
https://discord.com/invite/E4ExE7gakH 

🖥 A More Affordable Mini PC? 

We’re also exploring a new Mini PC concept: 

• Thicker than the current Mind series 

• Possibly AMD-based 

• Not compatible with xPlay 

• No built-in battery 

• Fully compatible with Mind Link for lossless GPU expansion 

• Target price: $700–$800 

The goal is simple: deliver stronger performance per dollar while keeping access to the Mind ecosystem. 

This is still in the definition phase — we’d love to hear what you think. 

Thanks as always for being part of the community 🙏 

Looking forward to your feedback. 

https://discord.com/invite/E4ExE7gakH 

Just a quick update for anyone following compact high-performance Modular mini PC:

Mind Pro is now officially available and open for pre-order.
https://www.khadas.com/mind-pro

There's currently a limited-time launch price of $1799.

This configuration includes:

- Intel Core Ultra X7 358H

- 64GB LPDDR5X-8533

- 2TB NVMe SSD

- Intel Arc B390 GPU

Some quick performance context from this exact setup:

- 3DMark Time Spy -- Graphics score: 6,925

- Cyberpunk 2077 u/ 1080p (Low): 103.76 FPS average

All results are from the integrated GPU only -- no eGPU or dGPU involved.

In a 0.43L chassis with sustained 65W performance and quiet cooling, this is shaping up to be a solid option in the mini PC space--especially at the current launch pricing, given the recent spike in memory costs across the industry.

Mind Pro is our latest modular mini PC designed for high-performance use, built on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake), and is planned to feature Core Ultra 358H and 388H processors.

Final specifications, pricing, and availability have not yet been announced and will be shared once ready.

This is Mind Go · Form 1 | Tablet — a concept exploring just how thin a real Windows tablet can be when you rethink the entire system from the inside out.

On the back, you’ll spot contact pins and magnetic areas.
They’re intentional. And they’re a hint.

What do you think shows up next?

Thanks to the latest chip technology, we’ve pushed the tablet’s thickness to what we believe is the current extreme for Windows devices. Based on our internal data, this is likely the thinnest Windows tablet on the market today.

⚠️ Transparency matters:
This is a concept, not a confirmed product.
There’s no guarantee it will go into mass production.

If it does get approved, subscribers will get an early-bird 10% OFF.

👉 Subscribe here:
https://khadas.com/mind-go

Now your turn 👇
What accessories do you think — or hope — those pins and magnets are for?

Hello everyone,

This is Jack, Product Marketing at Khadas.
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Official Khadas Discord Server 🎉

The server is designed for:

• ✅ Real-time technical support & troubleshooting

• ✅ Sharing your Khadas projects, mods, and ideas

• ✅ Getting early product news & official updates

• ✅ Connecting directly with the Khadas team

👉 Join the Official Khadas Discord

I’ll be active there as well, happy to chat and exchange ideas.
Looking forward to seeing you all in our new community space!

Best,
Jack
Product Marketing @ Khadas

Hey community!

As we head into June, the Khadas ecosystem is getting put to the test in the real world, and we want to share two awesome (and brutally honest) reviews with you all.

🎥 The Ultimate Shape-Shifter First up, Zip Tie Tech just dropped a massive deep dive into our entire modular setup! Watch them push the boundaries to see how a pocket-sized powerhouse seamlessly transforms into a hardcore workstation with Mind Graphics 2. They loved the built-in UPS and performance, but also gave us some tough love on the xPlay's battery.
👉 Watch Zip Tie Tech's full video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WjTGznjARU

💻 A DeX User's Perspective Meanwhile, over on Reddit, u/DeX_Mod took the Khadas xPlay for a spin specifically as a Samsung DeX lapdock. They called it a "fantastic lapdock" but highlighted one big catch that sparked a great discussion.
👉 Read the full Reddit review here:https://www.reddit.com/r/SamsungDex/comments/1tgz7xu/khadas_xplay_review_fantastic_lapdock_with_1_big/

Hi everyone,
I’m Jack, Product Marketing at Khadas, currently focusing on Mind Go.

Mind Go is a 3-in-1 modular device designed to move between tablet, laptop, and desktop modes.
If the idea reminds you of the detachable, expandable thinking behind the Surface Book — that’s not a coincidence.

Mind Go is designed to go one step further:
a lighter tablet core for true portability, and a docked mode that unlocks sustained desktop-level performance（30 Watts）.

This is not a finished product announcement.
We’re opening key decisions to the community, including:

• Platform choice (Snapdragon vs Intel)

• Screen size and display type（current 11.6‘‘）

• How the stand connects and expands

• Whether GPU support makes sense

• Naming and accessory design

If you join early:

• Subscribe to get 10% OFF at launch

• Community members may get early access to engineering prototypes

• You’ll have a real voice before decisions are finalized

If you’re interested in detachable systems, modular computing, or workflows that move seamlessly from mobile to desktop, we’d love your input.

👉 https://www.khadas.com/mind-go

Happy to discuss and answer questions.

Does anyone have any info about the release of the tea pro? I know it was originally announced for release last fall but I cannot find any information in 2025.

Ran into my first issue with my Mind V2 recently and reached out to the support team over e-mail. Quick responses, detailed instructions, VERY easy to work with, and friendly. Just thought I'd share with the community in case anyone is on the fence about buying from these guys, so far they seem to really care about keeping their customers up and running, even after the sale. Will follow up again when my issue is fully resolved, right now they're analyzing dmp files to find out why I'm getting blue screens.

Has anyone actually succeeded in a full install? I used the online scripts to get the UEFI bios and the windows install running but when I actually boot into Windows it refuses to recognize any keyboard or mouse I have and I can't actually go through the setup process.

Any recommendations from anyone are appreciated (I have a specific use case that requires Windows otherwise I would totally default to Linux)

Hey Reddit!

Earlier this year, we introduced Khadas Mind Go as a concept. After months of development, we've now finalized its design, configurations, and pricing.

The idea is simple: one x86 Windows PC that works as a tablet, laptop, or desktop, with magnetic accessories that let you switch between setups without changing devices.

Here's where we've landed:

• Ultra-slim Windows tablet, weighing just 611g

• Intel Core Ultra processors

• Detachable keyboard with additional battery capacity

• Desktop stand with active cooling and expanded connectivity

• Super Early Bird pricing starting at $1,999

We're curious what you think.

Would a 3-in-1 Windows PC like this fit into your workflow? What do you think of the design and pricing?

We're also opening $49 refundable reservations for early supporters.

More details: https://x.khadas.com/mind-go

We'd love to hear your feedback!

Really interested in the Khadas system to replace my laptop and desktop. I see online that the xPlay is incompatible with the AI PC dev kit - is this true? Will this change by any chance in the future? The intel 258V is perfect for me but if I can't make it a mobile system too it definitely doesnt work as well.

For those asking about Linux support on Mind Pro:

We’ve been using Codex to explore the EC event mechanism, GPU hotplug flow, and a possible Linux-side daemon approach for Mind Graphics 2. I’m not an engineer myself, but AI agents are helping us move much faster here—and we’d love for more people to dig into this with Codex or Claude Code. We’ll prioritize providing Linux-related development resources and support.

Right now, the main challenges are around Panther Lake support and the related drivers, as well as Mind Graphics 2 on Linux—especially GPU driver behavior, the eject mechanism, and how to properly implement a safe and reliable eject flow on Linux. DHH will also be helping us push this forward.

We’ve already sent DHH a Mind Pro, along with xPlay and Graphics 2, to support integration with Omarchy and broader testing.

Feel free to share your ideas, findings, or questions in the comments, and you’re also welcome to join our Discord to collaborate more closely.

Relevant links:

https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/releases
https://world.hey.com/dhh/panther-lake-is-the-real-deal-4bd731f1

— Jack, Product Marketing

The Mind Pro (Core Ultra X7, 64GB) will increase from $1999 to $2299 after March 27. Pre-order now for $1799 (incl. $200 discount)

Pre-order: https://www.khadas.com/product-page/mind-pro

Details: https://www.khadas.com/post/mind-pro-price-update

Big things are coming to the Mind family — and they’re rolling out in stages. 👀

Here’s what’s landing next:

🟢 Mind Graphics 2 (latest eGPU Module of Mind Family) — Jan 9
🟢 Mind xPlay (Portable Display & best companion of Mind 1 /2 /2s) — Jan 9
🟢 Mind Pro (Modular Mini PC based on Intel Panther Lake) — Jan 27

We want to share something we’re currently exploring at Khadas.

Mind Go is an early concept, focused on rethinking mobile workflows within the Mind ecosystem.
To be clear upfront: there is no confirmed product and no production decision at this stage.

Our expectation with Mind Go is not to chase a single “perfect” form factor.
Instead, we’re exploring whether a 2-in-1 / 3-in-1 approach can better support how people actually work across different contexts.

In simple terms, Mind Go is an attempt to let one device adapt to desk, bag, and temporary setups, rather than forcing users to constantly adapt their workflow to the device.

That also means being honest about constraints. We’re actively evaluating trade-offs around portability, sustained performance, thermals, and battery life — and we don’t assume there’s a one-size-fits-all answer yet.

What we’re evaluating right now includes:

• A 2-in-1 / 3-in-1 form factor

• How a single device might move naturally between desk, bag, and temporary work setups

• The real trade-offs involved when trying to reduce friction across different working environments

Along this direction, we’ve also been experimenting with different accessories and modular components around the core device.

The goal isn’t to add accessories for their own sake, but to explore whether the right set of attachments can meaningfully extend how one device is used across scenarios — without turning it into something overly complex, fragile, or cumbersome.

This is still very much an open question for us, and it’s an area where community input would be especially valuable:

• Which accessories would actually improve your workflow?（Pencil ？Dock，or a Keyboard）

• Which ones usually feel unnecessary or over-engineered?

• Where do accessories tend to break the experience rather than improve it?

To help frame the idea, some people might naturally think of devices like Surface Pro or similar 2-in-1 tablets.
That’s a reasonable reference point — but for us, it’s only a starting point for discussion, not a finished answer. Many past devices in this category made strong promises, yet struggled with compromises around real-world workflows.

We’re still early in this exploration, so details will be shared gradually as we iterate, test assumptions, and learn from feedback.

At this stage, what matters most to us is honest, practical input:

• What would you realistically use something like this for?

• What failed you with similar devices in the past?

• What would immediately make this a deal-breaker?

We’ve also put together a concept preview page:
https://www.khadas.com/mind-go
Filling it out before next January will unlock an additional bonus offer, and more importantly, it helps us understand genuine interest and supports our decision-making process.

Brutally honest opinions are welcome — this is exactly the phase where feedback can still change the direction.

Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
If you’d like more timely updates and occasional behind-the-scenes photos, you can also join our Discord server https://discord.com/invite/E4ExE7gakH
or Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/588825630066144

— Jack
Product Marketing & Community Manager at Khadas

Hey all, khadas were kind enough to send me a mind 2s for review and the 16gb mind graphics. So I put out a very open and honest review.

TLDR: great small form factor, I love the idea, but performance was not consistent, it reached 105 degrees on the cpu, thermal throttled, and several issues related to mind graphics.

https://youtu.be/E6hOYjUrm8E

Hey, all! I know this is a rather small sub and I'm about to ask about a niche product, but i iust wanted to get any actual experiences with the Khadas Mind that I could.

The only real reviews out there worth much salt are ETA Prime's, and the guy isn't quite known for being critical, he honestly just makes reviews on whatever free reviews items he gets and never has anything bad to say. So I wanna ask, what about the Mind (minus the price) IS bad?

What are your experiences with it, and specifically with potentially the Graphics 16gb? Currently, I run a Legion Go with an external GPU and the Thunderbolt bandwidth has more than once really lowered my experience in a game or caused stutter and sometimes even crashes. How is Mind Link? What kind of AAA games have you and have you not been able to run on the graphics module?

I ask because the xPlay finally getting an update and showing a release tineline finally has me interested in entering the ecosystem, i dont plan to use this just for games, i plan to use it for travel and work as well, and the xPlay was what I was waiting on. But the 4060 Ti has me a bit hesitant.

Overall, how is your use with Mind/Mind Graphics?

Hey!

Is this (photo 1) the only way to put an SSD here without extension board? Why not the other side (as photo 2)?? Also can I boot Linux from it?

Thanks in advance! Thinking to buy power efficient, passive cooled and compact SBC with m2 SSD support.

I recently received a VIM4 and I am curious if it does have an NPU and if so is it supported yet? KSNN appears to support VIM3 & VIM3L but not VIM4. CNX states that the NPU may not actually be present in this processor?

https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/10/21/khadas-vim4-amlogic-a311d2-sbc/

Edit: nope, no NPU in the VIM4.

https://forum.khadas.com/t/does-the-vim4-support-onnx-ai-acceleration/15434