World's Smallest Desktop? #Helpful Post

Hey guys, This is Austin.

It might be tiny, but this little stick is a full fledged Windows computer.

Put it alongside the new Chrome Bit and the question is, what can such a tiny pc actually do?

The Intel Compute stick is a very different desktop than you're probably used to.

Looking more like a ChromeCast than a computer

Its outfitted with everything you need

Just in a smaller package

It plugs right into any HDMI tv or monitor,

And is powered by a Micro USB cable

Pair it with a wireless keyboard,

And your basically up and running.

As an ultra cheap pc,

It comes with the basics, including the usb power cable,

An HDMI extender, to fit into tighter spots,

Along with a power adapter.

The Compute Stick itself is rocking a power button,

Micro USB in,

A full size USB port,

And it got a micro sd card slot

To expand the 32 gigs of built in storage

Its got a small fan to keep it cool

but it's essentially silent

put it behind a TV and you'll easily forget about it

In the other corner, we have the ASUS ChromeBit

Pull it out and you'll see it's even smaller than the Compute Stick

With just a bit of paperwork,

another HDMI extender

And the power adapter included in the box

It's more minimalistic with a cover over the HDMI port,

A single USB port on the back,

And the port for the ac adapter

With no vents or fans,

Its easy to travel with and the setup is dead simple

Having a computer in such a tiny package is definitely cool,

But what can you actually do with it?

The Compute Stick is a Windows PC,

For good and bad.

On one hand, you are getting compatibility with most programs

Like Chrome and Spotify,

But on the flipside, you will going to deal with things like windows updates

which can take a very, very long time

Inside it's got a Quad Core Intel Atom Processor

2 gigs of RAM,

And 32 gigabytes of storage,

which is enough for basic tasks, but not much beyond that

The Chrome Bit on the other hand, is running Google's Chrome OS

and while giving up on being enable to run everything Windows has to offer,

you are getting more light weight OS

there is better suited for something like this

What you do get is a computer that can handle basic task like watching 1080p video

and unlike something like the ChromeCast, it can also do webbrowsing and text editing

for those times when you just have to write a video script on a TV

One thing there is seriously convening is traveling.

Take a small bluetooth keyboard,

and you got yourself a serious PC that can be hooked up to a hotel TV

There are deffently quirks though.

ChomeBit lacks a power button, which means that you have to unlplug and replug it in to turn it on and off

And the Compute Stick gets bogged down by updates.

Seriously, it takes forever.

You can do a few things, like create music with a DrumBit app on Chrome OS

And basic games like Agar.io are fine on the Compute Stick, but don't expect to do intensive tasks.

Having a tiny Windows PC can come in handy

But for about $30 less, the ChromeBit does essentially the same thing

And is sleeker and easier to use package.

So what do you guys think about the Compute Stick and ChromeBit?

Let me know in the comments below, and I will catch you in the next one.