Super-impressive that they can get that much grunt in a fanless (silent) device.
The ‘Pro’ version has nVidia graphics which means that it could be somewhere between troublesome and non-starter as far as Purism is concerned. Not sure I need 7 by 4K displays either. LOL. This is a high end device, with for example a 1TB NVMe drive. It comes with a hefty price.
The ‘Basic’ version is probably more realistic. Still plenty of grunt but at a price that would appeal more widely.
One minor observation on CPU horsepower: this is high horsepower through multiple cores (6 in the Basic and 8 in the Pro). If your application or application mix can use all those cores then that’s great. If your application really needs one CPU to run fast then there may be better options. That is not a criticism of this device or any similar device from any manufacturer. It is a general statement of where CPU implementations are at today, basically hitting a wall on true CPU horsepower and hence expanding sideways into more CPUs.
Just putting it out there - I wonder whether the two companies could work together. Clearly they are working with Mint at the moment but maybe that’s not an exclusive deal.
General wishlist topic: Your Purism products wish list