ORICO Omini Pro Mini PC: Ryzen 7 8845HS in a Mac Pro-Inspired Design
The ORICO Omini Pro Mini PC takes a familiar industrial-design concept—the cylindrical, perforated aesthetic of Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro—and adapts it to a compact Windows-based desktop built around AMD’s Ryzen 7 8845HS.
Instead of competing directly with traditional desktop towers, the Omini Pro targets users who want a combination of premium industrial design, compact dimensions, upgradeability, and integrated graphics performance.
Its CNC-machined aluminum chassis, front perforated grille, top handle, and cylindrical feet give it a distinctive workstation-inspired appearance. Underneath, AMD’s Zen 4-based Ryzen 7 8845HS provides 8 cores and 16 threads, while the integrated Radeon 780M handles graphics and GPU-accelerated workloads.
The result is a small-form-factor system aimed at developers, content creators, enthusiasts, and design-conscious desktop users who want something more distinctive than a conventional mini PC.
🧱 Design: A Mac Pro-Inspired Miniature Chassis #
The most obvious feature of the Omini Pro is its enclosure.
The chassis is constructed from CNC-machined aluminum alloy and uses a sandblasted and anodized finish to create a premium metallic appearance. The front panel is dominated by a perforated grille that closely resembles the distinctive “cheese grater” pattern associated with Apple’s Mac Pro.
The design is not purely cosmetic.
A large perforated surface can also provide an efficient path for airflow, making the industrial styling part of the thermal design rather than simply decoration.
The system measures approximately:
- 139 × 61 × 185 mm
- Aluminum alloy construction
- Perforated front intake/exhaust design
- Integrated top handle
- Cylindrical base feet
- Compact small-form-factor footprint
The top handle makes the machine relatively easy to move between workspaces, while the cylindrical feet provide a stable base and help maintain clearance underneath the chassis.
The result is substantially smaller than a conventional Mini-ITX desktop while still retaining the visual character of a workstation-class machine.
The front panel carries relatively little branding, with an ORICO logo and QR code providing the main visual identifiers.
⚙️ Ryzen 7 8845HS Brings Desktop-Class CPU Performance #
The Omini Pro is powered by AMD’s Ryzen 7 8845HS, a mobile processor based on the Zen 4 architecture.
Its core configuration includes:
- 8 CPU cores
- 16 threads
- Up to 5.1 GHz boost clock
- Zen 4 CPU architecture
- Integrated Radeon 780M graphics
For a compact system, the 8-core/16-thread configuration provides substantial CPU headroom.
It is well suited to workloads such as:
- Software development
- Compilation
- Virtual machines
- Multitasking
- Photo and video processing
- Office productivity
- Light workstation workloads
- Local AI inference
The 8845HS is also designed around relatively constrained power and thermal envelopes compared with desktop-class processors, making it a practical choice for a chassis of this size.
That balance is particularly important in a mini PC.
There is little value in installing a high-power processor if the cooling system cannot sustain its performance without excessive noise or thermal throttling.
🎮 Radeon 780M Handles Integrated Graphics #
Graphics are handled by AMD’s Radeon 780M, based on the RDNA 3 architecture and equipped with 12 compute units.
Integrated graphics have improved considerably in recent generations, and the 780M is one of the more capable iGPU configurations available in this class of mobile processor.
For the Omini Pro, this means users can obtain useful GPU acceleration without installing a discrete graphics card.
Potential workloads include:
- 1080p gaming
- Video encoding and editing
- GPU-accelerated applications
- Light 3D modeling
- Content creation
- Local AI inference
- General multimedia workloads
Gaming performance will naturally depend on the title, resolution, memory configuration, thermal limits, and power settings. The Radeon 780M should therefore be viewed as a capable integrated GPU rather than a replacement for a modern discrete gaming GPU.
Its real advantage is efficiency.
The CPU and GPU are integrated into a single APU, allowing the Omini Pro to deliver respectable general-purpose and graphics performance without the additional power, cooling, and physical space required by a discrete graphics card.
🔌 Connectivity and Expansion #
Despite its compact enclosure, the Omini Pro provides a relatively extensive I/O configuration.
Key connectivity features include:
- Dual USB4 Type-C ports
- Two 2.5GbE Ethernet ports
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Support for external high-speed peripherals
- Potential eGPU connectivity through USB4
The dual 2.5GbE configuration is particularly interesting for users who want to deploy the system beyond a conventional desktop environment.
It can be useful for:
- NAS connectivity
- Homelab deployments
- Virtualization
- Network testing
- Router or firewall projects
- High-speed local file transfers
- Small server workloads
USB4 also gives the platform additional flexibility. Depending on the connected hardware and software support, users can attach high-speed storage, displays, docks, and potentially an external GPU.
That makes the Omini Pro more flexible than its compact dimensions initially suggest.
💾 Barebones and Preconfigured Options #
ORICO offers the Omini Pro in both barebones and preconfigured configurations.
The barebones model is designed for users who want to select their own memory and storage.
The reported starting configuration is approximately ¥2,699, before considering regional pricing, taxes, and availability.
Preconfigured versions can be equipped with:
- Up to 32GB DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM memory
- Up to 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD
- Windows 11
The system also supports dual-channel memory and M.2 SSD expansion.
This upgradeability is one of the main differences between the Omini Pro and Apple’s more tightly integrated desktop ecosystem.
For enthusiasts, being able to replace or expand memory and storage extends the useful life of the system and makes it easier to tailor the machine to a particular workload.
🧰 A Better Fit for Developers and Enthusiasts #
The Omini Pro’s hardware combination makes it particularly interesting for developers and technical users.
An 8-core/16-thread Ryzen processor provides enough CPU capacity for common development environments, while 32GB of memory and a fast PCIe 4.0 SSD can support relatively demanding local workflows.
Potential use cases include:
Development workstation #
The Ryzen 7 8845HS has sufficient multicore performance for compiling larger projects, running IDEs, containers, local databases, and development services simultaneously.
Homelab and virtualization #
Dual 2.5GbE networking and expandable storage make the Omini Pro an interesting candidate for lightweight homelab deployments.
Depending on the virtualization stack and workload, it can host development VMs, network services, containers, and other infrastructure components.
Local AI experimentation #
The Radeon 780M is not comparable to a dedicated AI accelerator for large models, but the system can still be useful for lightweight local inference, development, and experimentation.
For serious local LLM workloads, available system memory, GPU memory architecture, model quantization, and software support become more important than the headline CPU specification.
Content creation #
The combination of eight Zen 4 cores and hardware-accelerated graphics can handle everyday photo and video workflows, although professional workloads involving complex timelines, heavy effects, or high-resolution rendering may benefit from a discrete GPU.
🔋 Compact Power Delivery #
The Omini Pro is supplied with a 120W GaN power adapter.
Gallium nitride power supplies can provide relatively high power output in a smaller physical package than many conventional adapters, which fits the overall design philosophy of the Omini Pro.
The relatively compact external power supply also helps keep the main chassis focused on the compute hardware and thermal system.
For a machine built around a mobile-class APU, the 120W power envelope is appropriate to the system’s intended positioning: enough headroom for sustained CPU and GPU workloads without turning the mini PC into a high-power desktop tower.
🆚 Mac Pro Aesthetics Without the Apple Ecosystem #
The Omini Pro’s most obvious design reference is Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro.
The similarities are intentional:
- Cylindrical visual language
- Perforated aluminum enclosure
- Metallic finish
- Top carrying handle
- Workstation-inspired appearance
But the underlying philosophy is different.
Apple’s desktop systems are designed around a tightly integrated hardware and software ecosystem.
The Omini Pro instead uses conventional PC components and Windows 11, giving users greater control over memory, storage, peripherals, operating-system configuration, and hardware upgrades.
That makes the Omini Pro less about replicating the Mac Pro and more about borrowing some of its industrial-design language while retaining the flexibility of a traditional PC.
🎯 Who Is the Omini Pro For? #
The ORICO Omini Pro is best suited to users who value both design and practicality.
It can make sense for:
- Developers who need a compact but capable workstation
- Content creators working with moderate CPU/GPU workloads
- PC enthusiasts interested in unusual small-form-factor hardware
- Homelab users who can take advantage of dual 2.5GbE
- Design-conscious users who want a premium-looking desktop
- General productivity users who want more performance than an ultra-small office PC
It is less suitable for users who need workstation-class discrete graphics, large local AI models, or sustained high-end GPU compute.
The Radeon 780M is impressive for an integrated GPU, but its performance ceiling remains fundamentally different from that of a dedicated modern graphics card.
🧩 Performance, Design, and Upgradeability in One Package #
The ORICO Omini Pro represents an interesting direction for the modern mini PC.
Rather than treating compact computing as an exercise in simply shrinking a conventional motherboard, ORICO combines a relatively powerful AMD mobile APU with a deliberately designed aluminum enclosure.
The Ryzen 7 8845HS provides strong general-purpose CPU performance.
The Radeon 780M adds useful integrated graphics capability.
USB4, dual 2.5GbE networking, expandable memory and storage, and Windows 11 give the platform considerable flexibility.
Meanwhile, the CNC-machined aluminum chassis gives it a visual identity that is unusual in the crowded mini PC market.
The most compelling aspect of the Omini Pro is therefore not any single specification.
It is the combination of Ryzen performance, integrated RDNA 3 graphics, compact dimensions, expansion options, and Mac Pro-inspired industrial design.
For users who want a small desktop that does not look like a generic mini PC, the Omini Pro offers a distinctive alternative—bringing workstation-inspired aesthetics into a much smaller and more accessible PC platform.
