Davva2004
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Amongst all the latest huge 4k screens, monster PC builds and keyboards flashing every colour imaginable at CES 2015, Intel have released something a little smaller, a little more discrete - and something that could potentially revolutionise how we use our PCs in the future.
Meet Intels Computer Stick, a four inch (10cm) long Micro USB powered device that plugs into a HDMI port. But what makes this different from the Google Chromecast and other such media streaming devices is the Intel Computer Stick is a fully fledged Windows 8.1 or Linux PC, with a quad-core Intel Atom Bay Trail Z3735F CPU, built-in Wi-Fi, and a microSD slot to boost storage.
When it launches later in 2015, the Windows version will come with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage for $149 (around £98/AUS$184), while the Linux option will offer 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage for $89 (around £57/AUS$110).
While this means it's not the cheapest Windows 8.1 device around - that honour goes to the Linx 7 Windows 8.1 tablet which can be had for £79 - it's certainly the smallest, and is sure to find a market in the business world for portable computing as well as in the consumer market for media playback and social networking.
Plus, how damn cool is it to pull a quad core PC out of your pocket? Now, where do I plug in my GTX980...
For more info, head over to the Intel Computer Stick website at http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html

Meet Intels Computer Stick, a four inch (10cm) long Micro USB powered device that plugs into a HDMI port. But what makes this different from the Google Chromecast and other such media streaming devices is the Intel Computer Stick is a fully fledged Windows 8.1 or Linux PC, with a quad-core Intel Atom Bay Trail Z3735F CPU, built-in Wi-Fi, and a microSD slot to boost storage.
When it launches later in 2015, the Windows version will come with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage for $149 (around £98/AUS$184), while the Linux option will offer 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage for $89 (around £57/AUS$110).
While this means it's not the cheapest Windows 8.1 device around - that honour goes to the Linx 7 Windows 8.1 tablet which can be had for £79 - it's certainly the smallest, and is sure to find a market in the business world for portable computing as well as in the consumer market for media playback and social networking.
Plus, how damn cool is it to pull a quad core PC out of your pocket? Now, where do I plug in my GTX980...
For more info, head over to the Intel Computer Stick website at http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html