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I bought one from Aldi several weeks ago. I haven't opened it yet.
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I'm starting to be interested.
How many munnies?I bought one from Aldi several weeks ago.
Who wants a cheap HDMI stick that can turn any TV into a full Windows computer? Everybody, right? That’s what we thought. Oh god were we wrong. When Intel announced the $150 Compute Stick at CES, we figured it could become the ultimate miniature PC for all kinds of people. Too bad it’s terrible.
Theoretically, there are loads of things you could do with a computer this tiny. You could work from it, of course, or browse the web from your couch. Watch Hulu without a subscription. Stream games from another computer. My editor Sean Hollister was excited to load Steam on it, plug in an Xbox 360 wireless adapter, and play lightweight games like Nidhogg with buddies on a big screen without lugging a console around. I was dubiously optimistic I could turn the Stick into a Kodi media streamer, accessing videos from my desktop PC over my home network.
Do some of these things work? Sure. But using this under-equipped PC is a giant pain in the ass—to the point that it’s probably not worth it.
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The Intel Compute Stick, above everything else, is a failure of expectations. Intel’s website claims that “it’s ready to get to work or have some fun, right out of the box.” Not so much. The Amazon Fire TV is ready to have some fun right out of the box. Google’s Chromecast dongle is ready to go right out of the box. The Compute Stick is not. To get started, it needs things that aren’t in its box—namely a mouse and keyboard.
Intellectually, I knew going in that the Compute Stick wouldn’t come with input devices, but I didn’t quite grasp what that meant. Setting up the Compute Stick for the first time was a painful crash course in reality. When it tried to walk me through the Windows setup process (fun!) I rooted through my office for a spare mouse. Soon it needed me to type something, so I dug up a keyboard too. That’s when it suddenly dawned on me that I needed to have two USB devices plugged into a single port—and that I was screwed.
Okay, there are some other options. I could (and did) buy a USB hub....
That’s when it suddenly dawned on me that I needed to have two USB devices plugged into a single port—and that I was screwed.
I think it was $250How many munnies?
The fellow didn't do any research.
Umm, I bought a wireless outdoor camera at the same time. I haven't opened that yet either.Not jumping in just for the fun of it.
Good to hear something positive about it!It worked perfectly from the start.
The fellow didn't do any research.
I think it was $250
Set it up over the back fence. I wanna see what goes on there at night time... and probably day time too.Umm, I bought a wireless outdoor camera at the same time. I haven't opened that yet either.
I wanna see what goes on there at night time... and probably day time too.
In the laneway there ain't many wymmn waiting in queue.I wanna see what goes on there at night time... and probably day time too.
Will do! Mines the Aldi one, Bauhn Mini PC System 51130 an is quite different in style to TeeEm's but has Windows 8.1 on it too.Foxi, forget about your hesitation, open that box, I want to hear more good about this stick!
Tell me the date on the receipt and I'll check for...and although the web site says $299 it was $249 on my receipt. I have an impression it was on special but can't really recall.
http://www.bauhn.com.au/product-listing/mini-pc-system
Very special.I have an impression it was on special but can't really recall.
http://www.bauhn.com.au/product-listing/mini-pc-system
What if it was in an email from ALDI? (I have EVERY one of 'em)Very special.
That link doesn't work anymore, you can see only a cached copy of that page.
That page would be still invalid.What if it was in an email from ALDI?