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hey I'm Nate we've seen it today we're checking out the Intel compute stick now this is a full Windows 8 PC crammed into a device that fits right in the palm of your hand and it cost about 150 bucks compute stick is only a little bigger than a chromecast plugs into your TV or monitor via an HDMI port and runs on tablet hardware it's packin a quad-core 1.3 gigahertz Intel Atom processor 2 gigs of RAM and has 32 gigs of storage space there's also a micro SD card slot that will support up to 128 gig cards this USB port on the side here lets you plug in external storage and Wi-Fi connectivity is built-in so is bluetooth so you can pay your peripherals too so the stick is definitely not a powerhouse but streaming HD video or music while you're wandering around the web works great and most importantly it can run Minecraft and fairly well that alone just about makes it product of the year for me but I'm gonna go ahead and reserve judgment till we're finished testing now the stick runs Windows 8.1 with Bing don't be alarmed to full version of windows that microsoft offers the device manufacturers at a deep discount being is the default search engine system-wide when you first run it but there's nothing really stopping you from just changing that once you're up and running you'll need to keep the compute stick plugged in via 2 micro USB port there really isn't any way around that but one tug from a curious cat means you're going to lose any files you haven't saved recently that's not a deal-breaker for me but it's definitely something you need to be aware of and that's the compute stick it's not going to be for everyone but if you're looking to roll your own Smart TV or just want to make your next hotel stay a little more bearable and don't mind bringing your own bluetooth keyboard and mouse this could be a good fit especially for 150 bucks it'll be available at the end of April I'm Nate Ralph thanks for watching