Five desktop PCs that fit in your pocket: Intel Compute Stick, Google’s Chromebit and more

Written by Nathan Smith on April 10, 2015. Posted in New Technologies.

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A TechRepublic review of:

Compute Stick: The Intel Compute Stick plugs into displays via HDMI and ships with either Windows 8.1 for $149 or Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) for $110.

Chromebit: The Chromebit will provide a modern, low-end, PC for under $100 when it launches this summer.

MK802 V5 Linux Edition: Another HDMI stick housing a Linux PC, the £105 ($155) V5 LE packs similar power to the Chromebit.

MK802III Linux Edition: For those on a tighter budget, the Cloudsto MK802III Linux Edition offers a desktop machine for £65, or about $96.

MeeGoPad T01: Like the Intel Compute Stick, this $108 Windows 8.1 machine packs a quad-core processor and 2GB RAM.

Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith is Director of Technology for the College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. In that role, he also directs The Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center (The YETC) located in room 170 of the Education Building on Utah State University's Logan campus. The YETC is a combination student openaccess computer facility, a K12 curriculum materials library, a NASA Educator Resource Center for Utah, and a technology training center. Nathan served eight years (20042012) on the Board of Directors for the Utah Coalition for Education Technology (UCET) He was reelected in 2014 to serve another two year term on the board. A former elementary school teacher, Nathan has taught students every age from young children to senior citizens. He has had the opportunity beginning in 2011 to train international high school teachers from all over the world about technology in education, through the U.S. State