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No it isn't, it is a mini where you can add audio cards, which is basically the only extensions it has available.

Hardly workstation class.

It's certainly beefier than a Mini - 6 TB5 ports (which can drive 6 PCIe 5.0 x4 slots in an enclosure if you want), M3 Ultra, up to 256GB RAM.

The detail you are missing is that one has to buy an additional enclosure and the set of PCI cards is actually limited, hardly workstation class.

This is a workstation,

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/precision-...

Interesting that all the memory options are "no longer available".

That is an AI bros problem that will affect most of the industry, not only workstations.

Damn, that Dell case, fancy Xeon processor and nVidia card must really be worth a lot, because the rest of what you get for $9k is 32 GB RAM, a 512 GB SSD, and a Windows 11 Pro license, all while consuming hundreds of watts of power.

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