BBZink Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 http://shop.lenovo.com/il/en/desktops/ideacentre/stick-300/ i am looking foward to buy this to replace all my music server, but here in canada, still not available? Anyone try it, or see it or test it, please provide infos, thanks regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ideacentre-Stick-Computer-90F20000US/dp/B014644NPI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449960540&sr=8-1&keywords=ideacentre+stick+300 Gets pretty mixed reviews on Amazon. Judging by the specs it can't do much, my 8 year old quad core PC would run circles around it and Windows 10 was a free upgrade. I recently acquired a refurbished Lenovo with a i5 processor for around $175, and it runs circles around the old quad core. So... a neat idea but seems like it is way under powered (thus its attractive price). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Should be adequate for music. These are the future of the PC for most users who need something their phone can't do...which is the other "PC" that's getting more potent all the time. My music server has a fanless Eden processor of about that speed and is adequate for any audio load. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 However, on thinking, I am a bit skeptical of 2GB RAM for Win10. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBZink Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 ok thanks so it is futur, but it is only ok for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) Should be adequate for music. These are the future of the PC for most users who need something their phone can't do...which is the other "PC" that's getting more potent all the time. My music server has a fanless Eden processor of about that speed and is adequate for any audio load. Dave Agree with Dave, the Trombone Professor and Wdecho, directly upstream. ^^^ The Atom processor has been around for a few years and is much less powerful than the i5 chip. It once was the centerpiece of what was known as Netbooks which essentially didn't have any other task than to run a browser. It was cheap and didn't use much power, so it was good for what it was. Netbooks never caught on and I don't even know if that category of PC still exists. I'm guessing the iPad and their ilk blew it out of the water. I would not praise nor condemn it until I had a chance to use it for a while. Edited December 13, 2015 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 The Atom processor has been around for a few years and is much less powerful than the i5 chip. It once was the centerpiece of what was known as Netbooks which essentially didn't have any other task than to run a browser. It was cheap and didn't use much power, so it was good for what it was. Netbooks never caught on I still use my netbook, which is about 8 years old. Did a clean install of Windows 10 (x86). The chipsets on those would only address 2 gig of ram, which is certainly a drawback. I carried mine overseas, so I could have a keyboard, run some video chat software (Skype in Win 10 works fine on it, although I originally used QQ, the main video chat software used in China), and I run an image editing program to tweak some pics before posting from afar. The biggest drawback for me is the 1024x600 resolution internal display. Intel is still pushing the Atom, with 2.4Ghz 8 core server versions out. The plus side is they are low power consumers, but still not as low as most other embedded processors. However, the newer i5 is better than two year old i7 CPUs, and so it goes... Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Seems like a good idea suffering from a $100 price point. If they put a better processor and more ram and charged, say $200, it really would be something useful. And I'm sure it's coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBZink Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Ok i have found it, in Canada, for sale. So with my blue tooth mouse and kboard, my DD on airport and using JRiver, should be in business, for all my hdmi screen. i install netflix, and voilà Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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