hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
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I know of the sort of "compute stick"s you're talking about - I think the best-known ones are the Amazon Fire TV Stick, and the Apple TV.
However, I don't know what the Acer Chromebot is - please can you provide a link to more information about this? If it can run Windows 10, and Linux, and costs $90, that sounds like an interesting product!
Thanks,
Antony.
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On Friday 13 January 2017 at 19:45:10, coffeekingms@hotmail.com wrote: hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
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I'll have to find it on amazon, shouldn't be too hard. I know it can run linux, because chrome OS is linux, but I'm not positive about windows. It should, if it's just a regular 64 bit computer with the kind of hardware you'd find in a desktop or laptop, but miniaturized. If it has the sort of hardware you'd find in a smartphone or tablet, also called the ARM architecture, windows won't run on it. Well, it will, but only a stripped down version without the desktop or accessibility support meant to run on something called internet of things, whatever that is. I'll post a link hear once I find it.
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On 1/13/2017 1:19 PM, Antony Stone wrote: I know of the sort of "compute stick"s you're talking about - I think the best-known ones are the Amazon Fire TV Stick, and the Apple TV.
However, I don't know what the Acer Chromebot is - please can you provide a link to more information about this? If it can run Windows 10, and Linux, and costs $90, that sounds like an interesting product!
Thanks,
Antony.
On Friday 13 January 2017 at 19:45:10, coffeekingms@hotmail.com wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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On Friday 13 January 2017 at 21:21:49, coffeekingms@hotmail.com wrote: hi
I'll have to find it on amazon, shouldn't be too hard. I know it can run linux, because chrome OS is linux, but I'm not positive about windows. It should, if it's just a regular 64 bit computer with the kind of hardware you'd find in a desktop or laptop, but miniaturized. If it has the sort of hardware you'd find in a smartphone or tablet, also called the ARM architecture, windows won't run on it. Well, it will, but only a stripped down version without the desktop or accessibility support meant to run on something called internet of things, whatever that is. I'll post a link hear once I find it.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
On 1/13/2017 1:19 PM, Antony Stone wrote:
I know of the sort of "compute stick"s you're talking about - I think the best-known ones are the Amazon Fire TV Stick, and the Apple TV.
However, I don't know what the Acer Chromebot is - please can you provide a link to more information about this? If it can run Windows 10, and Linux, and costs $90, that sounds like an interesting product!
Thanks,
Antony.
On Friday 13 January 2017 at 19:45:10, coffeekingms@hotmail.com wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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Hi, compute stick is intel's model of tiny personal computer. Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&linkId=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995 Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=inclusivean03-20&keywords=intel computestick&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=a7ceb8363e1963a1f8e899b438362d3c These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not having an anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance. I hope this helps, Erik Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote: hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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Hello I am unable to get the second link to load it raps and I can't get the link to work can you please repost?
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On 1/13/2017 2:19 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi, compute stick is intel's model of tiny personal computer.
Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&linkId=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995
Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=inclusivean03-20&keywords=intel computestick&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=a7ceb8363e1963a1f8e899b438362d3c
These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not having an anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance.
I hope this helps,
Erik
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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I think the only one I've seen is the intel one. Not bothered with it as it does seem to be a bit of a gimmick at the moment. Maybe this will take off, don't know. Seems you can build anything into a usb or hdmi dongle these days. Brian
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----- Original Message ----- From: <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 6:45 PM Subject: [nvda] looking for a good compute stick hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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Thanks for these links. Is there a list some where for discussing these (specifically with accessibility in mind)? I might entertain one of these for my next build (found one that is actually bigger than a stick but still way smaller than the tower on my computer that I built from scratch).
Cindy
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-----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of erik burggraaf Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 4:20 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] looking for a good compute stick Hi, compute stick is intel's model of tiny personal computer. Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789& creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&link Id=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995 Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=inclus ivean03-20&keywords=intel computestick&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=a7ceb8363 e1963a1f8e899b438362d3c These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not having an anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance. I hope this helps, Erik Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.comOn January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote: hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol. Thanks
Kendell Clark
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Hi, I take it you got the links to work then? Some one reported a failure, but before I had time to look into it, the message got deleted by my over enthusiastic cleanup procedure. I don't know of a list specifically for computestick. I'm not certain what the point would be as they are only intel's proprietary version of a standard windows PC and there are entire and decently accessible websites dedicated to information abut hacking them. The only real pitfall I've come across yet is the lack of an anolog audio out, but since the thing is intended for use in home theatres and most monitors have some audio support nowadays, few people aut to be effected by the lack of a 3.5 mm jack for hooking up speakers. It's kind'a O/t but I'll be happy to answer any questions you have as I can. My parents have the first generation. For the price difference, I would only consider the 2nd gen at this point. It wasn't an option when my parents were in the market. Best, Erik Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com
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On January 17, 2017 1:25:28 AM "slery" <slerythema@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for these links. Is there a list some where for discussing these (specifically with accessibility in mind)? I might entertain one of these for my next build (found one that is actually bigger than a stick but still way smaller than the tower on my computer that I built from scratch).
Cindy
-----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of erik burggraaf Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 4:20 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] looking for a good compute stick
Hi, compute stick is intel's model of tiny personal computer.
Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789& creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&link Id=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995
Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=inclus ivean03-20&keywords=intel computestick&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=a7ceb8363 e1963a1f8e899b438362d3c
These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not having an anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance.
I hope this helps,
Erik
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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Hello again, Here are corrected links... I hope. Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&linkId=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995 Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: http://amzn.to/2iD7TbVThese are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not having a n anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance.
I hope this helps,
Erik
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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On 1/17/2017 7:36 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi, I take it you got the links to work then? Some one reported a failure, but before I had time to look into it, the message got deleted by my over enthusiastic cleanup procedure.
I don't know of a list specifically for computestick. I'm not certain what the point would be as they are only intel's proprietary version of a standard windows PC and there are entire and decently accessible websites dedicated to information abut hacking them. The only real pitfall I've come across yet is the lack of an anolog audio out, but since the thing is intended for use in home theatres and most monitors have some audio support nowadays, few people aut to be effected by the lack of a 3.5 mm jack for hooking up speakers.
It's kind'a O/t but I'll be happy to answer any questions you have as I can. My parents have the first generation. For the price difference, I would only consider the 2nd gen at this point. It wasn't an option when my parents were in the market.
Best,
Erik
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On January 17, 2017 1:25:28 AM "slery" <slerythema@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for these links. Is there a list some where for discussing these (specifically with accessibility in mind)? I might entertain one of these for my next build (found one that is actually bigger than a stick but still way smaller than the tower on my computer that I built from scratch).
Cindy
-----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of erik burggraaf Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 4:20 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] looking for a good compute stick
Hi, compute stick is intel's model of tiny personal computer.
Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789& creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&link Id=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995
Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=inclus ivean03-20&keywords=intel computestick&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=a7ceb8363 e1963a1f8e899b438362d3c
These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not having an anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance.
I hope this helps,
Erik
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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On 1/17/2017 7:52 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hello again, Here are corrected links... I hope.
Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&linkId=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995
Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: http://amzn.to/2iD7TbV
These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not
having a n anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I
hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance.
I hope this helps,
Erik
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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hi
My only question would be whether getting it with some form of linux or no OS would be any cheaper? I have no objection to windows, obvious I plan to run it along with my own linux distribution called sonar, but I don't really want to be charged for the windows license when I already have one. Are there off brands of the thing? I've come across a few, and the only one that looks good other than the intel one which looks fine is the acer chromebit, not chromebot. I don't know if chrome OS can be duel booted and I wouldn't use the chrome OS part, I'd be buying it for the hardware inside. As long as it can handle casual games, like the windows 10 edition of killer instinct and emulated consoles like the game cube and n64 it'll serve my needs nicely. Not that you have to answer all of this or anything, the only reason I'm bringing it up is because I can't really find a lot of info about them. Most of them say simply intel hd graphics or nvidia graphics but don't go into detail about the specific card, and I'd hate to buy one only to find out the games lag or windows or linux doesn't work well on them. My one big requirement is that they not have broadcom wireless or bluetooth chips in them. I've had nothing but bad luck with broadcom, on both windows and linux, and I just prefer to avoid them. This is not your job to research everything, I can do my own research, just basically rambling at this point lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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On 1/17/2017 8:52 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hello again, Here are corrected links... I hope.
Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&linkId=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995
Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: http://amzn.to/2iD7TbV
These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not
having a n anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I
hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance.
I hope this helps,
Erik
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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Hi, I can only speak for the intel compute stick at this point. The linux version is five or 10 bucks cheeper, but it scrimps on hardware. In particular, I believe the linux version has only half the ram of the windows version. Intel tried to force windows on their high end compute stick by using microsoft proprietary boot loader, but it was hacked within 6 months of the release. Considering the difference in price vs performance, and assuming you have a resident sightling to help you tweak the boot options in bios, just go for the win version and install a supported hack. I used ubuntoo. I suggest you start by looking at the work that was done for ubuntoo, and then search to see if any one has done something similar for sonar. I sure don't mind answering questions as long as I know the answers. If people use my amazon links, then I get money towards development on inclusiveandroid.com, so I do get something out of it too. Have fun, Erik On January 17, 2017 8:45:42 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote: hi
My only question would be whether getting it with some form of linux or no OS would be any cheaper? I have no objection to windows, obvious I plan to run it along with my own linux distribution called sonar, but I don't really want to be charged for the windows license when I already have one. Are there off brands of the thing? I've come across a few, and the only one that looks good other than the intel one which looks fine is the acer chromebit, not chromebot. I don't know if chrome OS can be duel booted and I wouldn't use the chrome OS part, I'd be buying it for the hardware inside. As long as it can handle casual games, like the windows 10 edition of killer instinct and emulated consoles like the game cube and n64 it'll serve my needs nicely. Not that you have to answer all of this or anything, the only reason I'm bringing it up is because I can't really find a lot of info about them. Most of them say simply intel hd graphics or nvidia graphics but don't go into detail about the specific card, and I'd hate to buy one only to find out the games lag or windows or linux doesn't work well on them. My one big requirement is that they not have broadcom wireless or bluetooth chips in them. I've had nothing but bad luck with broadcom, on both windows and linux, and I just prefer to avoid them. This is not your job to research everything, I can do my own research, just basically rambling at this point lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
On 1/17/2017 8:52 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Hello again, Here are corrected links... I hope.
Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&linkId=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995
Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: http://amzn.to/2iD7TbV
These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not
having a n anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I
hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance.
I hope this helps,
Erik
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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Hacked within six months? Now why does that not surprise me? Also, I sort of expected you guys, meaning the NVDA community, to be windows centric. It was like that when I left, but it's gotten a lot better while I was gone. You know, windows only and so on, but you guys seem open to all manner of things, windows and linux included. Since I plan to run windows on the compute sticks, I definitely want one that's powerful enough to run windows, and of course anything that's powerful enough to run windows will run linux. As for sonar, I sort of doubt anyone has done anything specific for us since we're really small, but if it uses anything standard, like bios or uefi, it will boot like any other OS. I've bookmarked all the links you've sent me and if I like one of the ones you've steered me to I'll buy it, so you get a little something, I have no problem helping people out. My only issue with them isn't with your help, you've been amazingly helpful, but it's with the prices. They jump from being cheap but slow to fast but way out of my price range, we're talking in the 3 to 4 hundred dollar range.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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On 1/18/2017 7:16 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi, I can only speak for the intel compute stick at this point. The linux version is five or 10 bucks cheeper, but it scrimps on hardware. In particular, I believe the linux version has only half the ram of the windows version. Intel tried to force windows on their high end compute stick by using microsoft proprietary boot loader, but it was hacked within 6 months of the release. Considering the difference in price vs performance, and assuming you have a resident sightling to help you tweak the boot options in bios, just go for the win version and install a supported hack. I used ubuntoo. I suggest you start by looking at the work that was done for ubuntoo, and then search to see if any one has done something similar for sonar.
I sure don't mind answering questions as long as I know the answers. If people use my amazon links, then I get money towards development on inclusiveandroid.com, so I do get something out of it too.
Have fun,
Erik On January 17, 2017 8:45:42 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi
My only question would be whether getting it with some form of linux or no OS would be any cheaper? I have no objection to windows, obvious I plan to run it along with my own linux distribution called sonar, but I don't really want to be charged for the windows license when I already have one. Are there off brands of the thing? I've come across a few, and the only one that looks good other than the intel one which looks fine is the acer chromebit, not chromebot. I don't know if chrome OS can be duel booted and I wouldn't use the chrome OS part, I'd be buying it for the hardware inside. As long as it can handle casual games, like the windows 10 edition of killer instinct and emulated consoles like the game cube and n64 it'll serve my needs nicely. Not that you have to answer all of this or anything, the only reason I'm bringing it up is because I can't really find a lot of info about them. Most of them say simply intel hd graphics or nvidia graphics but don't go into detail about the specific card, and I'd hate to buy one only to find out the games lag or windows or linux doesn't work well on them. My one big requirement is that they not have broadcom wireless or bluetooth chips in them. I've had nothing but bad luck with broadcom, on both windows and linux, and I just prefer to avoid them. This is not your job to research everything, I can do my own research, just basically rambling at this point lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
On 1/17/2017 8:52 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Hello again, Here are corrected links... I hope.
Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&linkId=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995
Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: http://amzn.to/2iD7TbV
These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not
having a n anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I
hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance.
I hope this helps,
Erik
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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Oooh, I just double checked and realized the amazon price for the second generation is $350. If you can get it from the third party seller for $140, do that, but I don't think $350 is reasonable for what's inside that stick. They do refer to some other brand name solutions such as Lenovo though. If I were going to pay $350 it would be for one of those after careful consideration. As you say, this is a pretty good group. I don't prefer windows myself, but when I go back to work, NVDA will be my prefered solution as employers will probably expect me to use windows. I taught everything in the days of my training consultancy, and NVDA helped out a number of my former customers who were placed in substancially bad situations by their funding provider or let's face it, sometimes just through their own lack of preparation. Best, Erik Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com
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On January 18, 2017 6:46:57 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote: hi
Hacked within six months? Now why does that not surprise me? Also, I sort of expected you guys, meaning the NVDA community, to be windows centric. It was like that when I left, but it's gotten a lot better while I was gone. You know, windows only and so on, but you guys seem open to all manner of things, windows and linux included. Since I plan to run windows on the compute sticks, I definitely want one that's powerful enough to run windows, and of course anything that's powerful enough to run windows will run linux. As for sonar, I sort of doubt anyone has done anything specific for us since we're really small, but if it uses anything standard, like bios or uefi, it will boot like any other OS. I've bookmarked all the links you've sent me and if I like one of the ones you've steered me to I'll buy it, so you get a little something, I have no problem helping people out. My only issue with them isn't with your help, you've been amazingly helpful, but it's with the prices. They jump from being cheap but slow to fast but way out of my price range, we're talking in the 3 to 4 hundred dollar range.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
On 1/18/2017 7:16 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Hi, I can only speak for the intel compute stick at this point. The linux version is five or 10 bucks cheeper, but it scrimps on hardware. In particular, I believe the linux version has only half the ram of the windows version. Intel tried to force windows on their high end compute stick by using microsoft proprietary boot loader, but it was hacked within 6 months of the release. Considering the difference in price vs performance, and assuming you have a resident sightling to help you tweak the boot options in bios, just go for the win version and install a supported hack. I used ubuntoo. I suggest you start by looking at the work that was done for ubuntoo, and then search to see if any one has done something similar for sonar.
I sure don't mind answering questions as long as I know the answers. If people use my amazon links, then I get money towards development on inclusiveandroid.com, so I do get something out of it too.
Have fun,
Erik On January 17, 2017 8:45:42 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi
My only question would be whether getting it with some form of linux or no OS would be any cheaper? I have no objection to windows, obvious I plan to run it along with my own linux distribution called sonar, but I don't really want to be charged for the windows license when I already have one. Are there off brands of the thing? I've come across a few, and the only one that looks good other than the intel one which looks fine is the acer chromebit, not chromebot. I don't know if chrome OS can be duel booted and I wouldn't use the chrome OS part, I'd be buying it for the hardware inside. As long as it can handle casual games, like the windows 10 edition of killer instinct and emulated consoles like the game cube and n64 it'll serve my needs nicely. Not that you have to answer all of this or anything, the only reason I'm bringing it up is because I can't really find a lot of info about them. Most of them say simply intel hd graphics or nvidia graphics but don't go into detail about the specific card, and I'd hate to buy one only to find out the games lag or windows or linux doesn't work well on them. My one big requirement is that they not have broadcom wireless or bluetooth chips in them. I've had nothing but bad luck with broadcom, on both windows and linux, and I just prefer to avoid them. This is not your job to research everything, I can do my own research, just basically rambling at this point lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
On 1/17/2017 8:52 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Hello again, Here are corrected links... I hope.
Here is a link to computestick first generation with windows 10: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014N4CZE2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B014N4CZE2&linkCode=as2&tag=inclusivean03-20&linkId=b216c581e63a0da38d2277aaa219e995
Here is a link to the current generation with windows 10: http://amzn.to/2iD7TbV
These are both in your price range. Asside from them getting warm and not
having a n anolog audio jack, I'm pretty happy with the first generation. I
hacked it to ubuntoo using images and instructions I found online. There's an hdmi, one usb, and one SD on the first generation model. I haven't looked closely at the second generation, but for the pricepoint, I would definitely give it a glance.
I hope this helps,
Erik
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On January 13, 2017 1:46:09 PM "coffeekingms@hotmail.com" <coffeekingms@hotmail.com> wrote:
hi all
My birthday is coming up next month and I'm stuck between an iPod nano, or a compute stick. I'm not sure what they're actually supposed to be called,but what I'm talking about is a miniature computer that terminates in an HDMI port which connects to an HDTV or projector, with enough storage, bluetooth, wi fi, and a micro sd card slot to use as an every day laptop. I've looked around a little, but they're quite expensive, about the cheapest I've run across that sounds like it might be powerful enough to run both windows 10 and sonar linux well is the acer chromebot, which is around 90 dollars. The thing about chrome OS devices is that I don't know a thing about them. They're linux underneath the google, but I don't know if they're as easy to duel boot as a regular x86 or x64 pc is. Does anyone know of a good device that would do this for at least a reasonable price? I'd say around my absolute top would be $150, and for that it had better be top of the line or mellisa will ... well she won't be happy. I don't have many requirements, but I'd like it to be able to run windows 10 at least reasonably well, including some casual gaming like killer instinct, the windows 10 version, and emulated systems like the gamecube, wii and n64, and that it have a micro sd card slot, wi fi and bluetooth. Three or four USB ports would be nice, but not essential at all, I can just get a USB hub if I have to for extra ports. A package deal where one comes with the device, a hub and maybe a bluetooth keyboard would be nice, but I don't want to complicate things, so not at all necessary, just convenient. I have a keyboard already. It's a logitech, and it uses one of those wireless receivers. I'll shut up now lol.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
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