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This thing looks sweet as fuck.
My mom has a Chromebook, but it's permanently attached to her TV and she only ever looks at the TV display. She coulda' got this for less than a hundred bucks (with a wireless keyboard) and be set for a PC. The time we live in.
>>51391283
cool story fäm
What am I looking at? Chrome OS on a stick? Does it need s power source? Looks like it's just plugged via hdmi in photo. If it needs power I see no benefit over an android stick or Chromecast
>>51391387
It needs AC power (you can see the hole for it in the picture). On the back it has a USB2 port.
Basically a low-end ARM Chromebook in a Chromecast form-factor. When I first heard about it figured it'd be ULTRA slow, but this PCmag review says it's decent (HD video no problem): http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2479688,00.asp#
>>51391387
Chromecast can only stream shit to your TV. The chromebit is a full chrome OS machine.
>>51391435
>AC power
That's not AC power, nigger.
...$85 USD. Fucking nuts.
>The system is equipped with a ARM-based Rockchip RK3288-C processor with integrated Rockchip Mali T764 quad-core graphics, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of embedded MMC (eMMC) Flash Storage. These specs are pretty standard for Chrome devices, particularly at budget price levels. The Rockchip processor is found in other inexpensive systems like the Asus Chromebook Flip (C100PA-DB02)$219.00 at Amazon and the CTL Chromebook J2$169.00 at Amazon, while the Intel Compute Stick has an Intel Atom processor.
Not sure if the Intel stick is worth looking at.
>>51391453
Fuck, you're right. DC power from an AC brick or whatever.
If it was acer i would buy it in a heartbeat, but asus does not make the best... anything, really.
Pretty neat though, similar specs to my Acer CB3 but with a weaker processor and a slower eMMC storage unit.
Also,
>ARM
No linux crroots ;-;
>>51391387
>Does it need s power source?
No it's runs on air ;^)
>>51391387
I think hdmi can carry current.
>>51391454
Never hard of rockchip before. Sounds like they aren't even sure what cores their SoC is using: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockchip#Inconsistent_information_about_CPU_cores_used_in_RK3288
>>51391598
I thought so too, but I googled and not sure sure.
>>51391598
Powered HDMI ports are a thing, just not likely on your TV or monitor.
Really i would add two things to this. Standard USB C port for power/dongle usage and the ability to plug it in to a USB port and boot from it on a pc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lL85sMR9Q4
Slick, but I wonder why they didn't use micro-USB for power (so you could have powered it from the TV).
>>51391454
Looks like the Intel stick gets BTFO despite costing x2 as much and having a fan. Intel on suicide watch I'm sure.
>>51392208
Chrome OS>Win 10
