Intel Compute Stick: the PC that fits in your pocket out in spring

It will be available in two versions: one for Windows and Linux. And if this micro-PC was the surprise 2015 box?

This is the kind of ads able to wake up the geek in you. Intel said today that the PC no bigger than a USB key, presented at the last CES , will be available worldwide in the spring. It will be available in two versions, more or less expensive depending on the OS built and technical characteristics, but that will have both the heart: an Intel Atom Z3735F. A x86 processor, so: technically, it is indeed a PC.

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Well, the Compute Stick is not a lightning war, of course, but it should be more than enough for office use or for broadcasting multimedia content. A picture of a Chromecast , this dongle is connected to a monitor via its HDMI and is fed through a micro-USB port.

There will be one hand, the Windows version 8.1 ( Bing ). It will be the most hairy, with 2 GB RAM and 32 GB of storage. It will be offered at 149 dollars, 130 euros.
On the other, there will be a Linux distribution chosen -the remains determiner- cheapest (only 99 dollars, 86 euros), but also less well equipped, since it will have only 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB storage.

Both versions will obviously compatible Wi-Fi (b / n / g) and Bluetooth 4.0. It will be also possible to expand their storage capacity through a MicroSD port.

We confess: we can not wait to try this little craft, which could have a thousand uses: used as media center, glued to a TV, ultra-mobile PC, we lug around with you all the time, and even professional machine ... And we can even wonder if Intel does not with this little product a hit in power. Highly testing.
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