I always liked NUCs because of their usage of mobile CPUs with low power consumption in a small case. No need to consume 50W idling for nothing.

I only need iGPUs for a zippy UI, because I don't game on my work devices, and don't want to have any added noise because of a dGPU.

This might be the right move for Intel, but not for users. NUCs are awesome, cost-effective devices.