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$149 for Windows 8.1 version and $89 for Linux version, not bad. via: http://techreport.com/news/27619/intel-compute-stick-is-a-149-windows-pc-to-go http://tec
by aditya 12y ago
$149 for Windows 8.1 version and $89 for Linux version, not bad.
via:
http://techreport.com/news/27619/intel-compute-stick-is-a-149-windows-pc-to-go http://techreport.com/news/27619/intel-compute-stick-is-a-14...
- bhouston 12y agoThat actually seems expensive for a device without a screen or input devices. I wish that Chromecast and Apple TV supported an open standard for streaming rather than everyone using their own proprietary standards.
- discardorama 12y ago... and the Linux version will have half the RAM (1GB instead of 2GB) and a fourth the storage (8GB instead of 32GB). I think I might pass on this.
- damian2000 12y agoLinux will probably run fine on those specs, remember Windows has a ton of overhead in terms of RAM and storage.
- nacs 12y agoI'm not really concerned about whether Linux will run 'fine' on less hardware, I'd just want to be able to purchase the higher-end (hardware-wise) version. I'm not going to buy the high-end version if it requires me to buy the prepackaged Windows license however.
- damian2000 12y agoYeah, its strange that the OS is preinstalled, whereas with the Intel NUC I believe it comes without an OS and you need to do the setup yourself, which is preferable.
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- Tomte 12y agoIt may be preferable to you, but it's certainly not for the intended audience.
- guardian5x 12y agoWindows 8.1 with Bing version is free (as in free beer), you don't have to buy it. It is just pre-installed and can be removed.
- supernovae 12y agoWindows will run amazing on these and all things considered storage isn't an issue. They have really optimized for ultra small devices and id be willing to bet windows 8.1 on these would be super awesome actually. My daughters tablet with similar specs but only 1gb of ram is smooth as can be.
- notsony 12y agoThis raises an interesting question. How much memory does Mac OS X Yosemite need? How much engineering effort is spent on optimization and improving performance, as opposed to changing the look'n'feel and adding consumer-focused features?
- Someone 12y agoApple works hard on power efficiency. You don't get high battery life for free. Memory usage may get less attention, but, for example, they do 'swap' to memory by compressing pages (does it help? I wouldn't know. Read http://dfrws.org/2014/proceedings/DFRWS2014-1.pdf http://dfrws.org/2014/proceedings/DFRWS2014-1.pdf) Edit: oops. That paper isn't evaluating performance, as I thought it would.
- rab_oof 12y agoAnyone else have 100% CPU storeaccountd with iBooks offline?
- minthd 12y agoLooking at the ubuntu system requirements page, they say: "From experience, we all know that it is recommended to have 2048 MiB RAM to properly run a day to day Ubuntu." . Of course you can run something else, but for a hassle free experience , ubuntu seems like the best choice.
- ekianjo 12y agoWith Unity you certainly need more RAM but nothing prevents one from installing another wm like xfce, awesome or lxde to save a ton on RAM and run just fine on 1 Gb.
- Tomte 12y agoThat's simply not true.
- rab_oof 12y agoYup. Seems like pointless, instant-gratification consumerism when server boxes are far faster, cheaper and greener. Worse, it's an un-upgradable device to buy and throw away. Anyone that needs more horsepower, it's far simpler to either trade up, use a real server or just use a cloud/VPS similar to AWS.
- mortenjorck 12y agoIt's been too long since I built a PC so I'll take your word on the faster/cheaper argument, but greener? Can you really build a server box that uses less power than a 1-2A USB device?
- ch4s3 12y ago>Can you really build a server box that uses less power than a 1-2A USB device? Not sure, but I think the point was that its "greener" because you can swap out individual parts over time using the same case and ultimately producing less waste. You may also argue that individual components are easier to recycle.
- rab_oof 12y agoAt scale, compute boxes are rarely upgraded because it's TCO cheaper to invest in newer systems (or CPU, mb, RAM). IOW, it's cheaper to wait and refresh everything, that is unless you're adding RAM, CPUs or disks. If form factors don't change, reusing the mounting hw, PSUs and enclosures can be doable. Some web shops wait until boxes die entirely before replacement while IT shops lifecycle out all gear (usually everything but racks) in 4-6 years. These hotdog USB sticks aren't upgradable at all and they're limited to the processing power of 5-10W.
- rab_oof 12y agoCompare oranges-to-oranges or it's a straw man: Using an equal fraction of an efficient server is undoubtedly.
- jerf 12y ago"server boxes are far faster, cheaper and greener. Worse, it's an un-upgradable device to buy and throw away." How many of these devices would you have to buy and throw away to match the environmental material footprint of even one 1U rack-mount server? They're tiny. Orders of magnitude matter. (Similar effect: However "disposable" USB flash drives may superficially seem, compared to the floppies they replaced they are nothing. And I do not just mean that the USB sticks can hold lots of stuff... I mean that if you pile a normal computer user of the 2015 era's USB sticks in one pile, and a normal computer user of the 1990 era's floppy disks into another pile, the floppies would tower over the entire pile of USB drives and almost certainly have a much larger environmental footprint. I hedge only for the possibility that the nasty flash memory might dominate the floppies manufacturing, but the floppies do irreducibly have an awful lot more plastic in them, so I'm still guessing the floppy pile comfortably "wins".)
- iwince 12y agoI retract my earlier comment, this is cheesy at best Intel. Sad. Still kowtowing to the Gates regime.
- rab_oof 12y agoIt's dilettante computing without the phallacy of having a shipping product.
- digi_owl 12y agoReminds me of the tail end of netbooks. After MS had resuscitated XP via a restrictive OEM license, and Intel had cooked up the first gen or so of Atom...
- fit2rule 12y agoI'll happily buy the higher-end version and handle the Linux install myself, as long as I can remove the Windows license and get a subsequent refund from Microsoft. But if thats not possible then I'll just wait until some other manufacturer makes a bad-ass Linux version for the same price, or less ..
- hvidgaard 12y agoWith all likelyhood it comes with "Windows 8.1 with Bing", which means Intel will have paid 0$ to put it on there. There is no refund to get, and the extra cost is supposed to be justified by the extra ram and storage space.
- fit2rule 12y agoThat is not just crap, but that is actually rather crap.
- tootie 12y agoIt has USB and microSD slots. This device is clearly not intended for serious computing, but it is more like a general purpose media device. Like a Chromecast/FireTV that is 100% customizable.
- Shad0w59 12y agoQuite expensive, given that you can pick up a cheap Chinese tablet with a screen, HDMI out, micro SD slot etc. for around the same price.
- 7952 12y agoPrices are getting low enough that Microsoft could sell people a copy of windows with a desktop computer bundeled in for free.