It's my hope as well that maybe a new upgradeable standard for mini-PCs comes about. But keep in mind, Linux doesn't care much if the hardware configuration cha

It's my hope as well that maybe a new upgradeable standard for mini-PCs comes about. But keep in mind, Linux doesn't care much if the hardware configuration changes. One could conceivably just move their SSD and other drives to a new mini PC and have a brand new system running their old OS setup. If only Microsoft were so accommodating. The added benefit being how useful a mini PC can be over an old tower. Just buy a cheap SSD and: Give it to grandma; turn it into a NAS; use it as a home automation hub; use it as a TV media center; any number of other possibilities that a small form factor would allow. All things that were possible with an old tower PC, but far less convenient. And now that we're on a pretty stable software performance plateau (when we don't throw in browsers), newer chips can conceivably last much longer, decades, even.