The Intel Compute Stick is one of 2015's most anticipated computing stick after its official announcement in January at CES 2015. The device from today is available for pre-orders. It comes in two different versions, with Linux and Windows, and you can order from different retail websites. The device will be shipped later this month or early May of 2015.
Η version The Intel Compute Stick's Linux runs Ubuntu and costs $50 less than the Windows model. The Windows model costs about $150, but comes with 2GB of RAM (instead of the 1GB of RAM used by Ubuntu) or 32GB of storage.
The Intel Compute Stick is a tiny computer that you can plug into an HDMI port screen LCD ή σε κάποια τηλεόραση. Η συσκευή θα μετατρέψει την screen σας σε ένα πλήρως εξοπλισμένο desktop που θα τρέχει με Linux (Ubuntu) ή το λειτουργικό σύστημα της Microsoft Windows. Μπορείτε να το μεταφέρετε στην τσέπη σας και έτσι θα έχετε ένα πραγματικά φορητό υπολογιστή όποτε τον χρειάζεστε.
The device Intel Compute Stick is quite robust as it comes with a processor quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F CPU clocked at 1.33GHz (can be boosted up to 1.83GHz), 1GB RAM for the Ubuntu version and 2GB RAM for the Windows model, full size HDMI out, a microUSB port, a USB 2.0 port, a card slot microSD, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, and Bluetooth 4.0.
Note that while the Intel Compute Stick version of Windows has 32GB eMMC storage space, the Ubuntu model has only 8 GB eMMC storage space. However, the device with Ubuntu costs 50 dollars cheaper than the model using Wwindows 8.1.
