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Re: Intel Compute Stick

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

mkingston wrote: post #249
_nedR wrote: post #159

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Ah. Thanks for the link. The 149$ version comes with Windows 8.1 Preloaded. The linux version is 89$.

What a price difference. Wow. Dozens, nay, hundred of hours learning Linux finally pays off. Seriously now, I'm really pleased to see that you can choose Linux and pay so much less. Of course on a relatively more expensive machine that difference isn't much, but it's certainly a stark difference on such a cheap device. Edit: I see there's a hardware difference too. That's a bit of a shame. I wonder what corporate for…

I don't think it's evil corporate forces. They wanted a "budget" one with lower specs and realised they could reduce the price further by removing the Windows license.

I doubt it's actually that much of the price tag.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

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Post by fit2rule »

This is a very welcome leap towards a new platform. From the perspective the musical-instrument manufacturers, this now allows us to do something we've wanted to do in synthesizers, effects, digital-audio processing, and so on: build an instrument that can be upgraded.

I imagine a new controller category, akin to the current iOS USB/MIDI controllers that allow music-making with iPads/etc., albeit its a synth workstation with all the knobs you could possibly want, and maybe a little screen.

And of course, a place to stick the 'compute device' of choice. I'll get 3 or 4 of these, put a different pre-configured music-production system on each one, and make a complete suite of instruments that can be easily upgraded in the future.

Very nice to see this happening.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

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Post by fit2rule »

discardorama wrote: post #75
aditya wrote: post #40

$149 for Windows 8.1 version and $89 for Linux version, not bad. via: http://techreport.com/news/27619/intel-compute-stick-is-a-14...

... and the Linux version will have half the RAM (1GB instead of 2GB) and a fourth the storage (8GB instead of 32GB). I think I might pass on this.

I'll happily buy the higher-end version and handle the Linux install myself, as long as I can remove the Windows license and get a subsequent refund from Microsoft.

But if thats not possible then I'll just wait until some other manufacturer makes a bad-ass Linux version for the same price, or less ..

Re: Intel Compute Stick

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Post by _nedR »

donavanm wrote: post #238
_nedR wrote: post #145

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I find that Intel makes quite a few great products and initiatives. They just don't market it as loudly as others. The Intel NUC ( http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/overview.html ) is quite a versatile machine - smaller, better performance and value for money than mac minis, and more hacker friendly. It even has a cute unboxing experience (The box plays the intel jingle when you open it) Then there are initi…

Most of those examples were tech demonstrators and reference designs, AFAIK. A small number of units, if any, were available. I don't recall many partners bringing them to market. Intel's not in the business of selling a couple thousand of these units, they're looking for OEMs to pick it up and sell millions. Or at least shape/gauge the future market.

Exactly. Intel seems to be mainly interested in selling more processors and motherboards to OEMs than anything else. Intel seems to intervene on occasion to shake things up or show OEMs how its done. For eg., the Ultrabook was to help laptop manufacturers who were getting clobbered by Apple. NUC was so that OEMs would build competitors (like the Gigabyte BRIX Pro) to the Mac Mini and so on.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

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Post by lmedinas »

tankenmate wrote: post #235
_nedR wrote: post #159

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Ah. Thanks for the link. The 149$ version comes with Windows 8.1 Preloaded. The linux version is 89$.

The Linux version has only 1GB RAM and only 8GB onboard flash.

More than enough to run XBMC (multimedia) or File server (own cloud, bittorrent sync, etc...).

Re: Intel Compute Stick

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Post by lmedinas »

akshaykarle wrote: post #250

So any comments on how is this better than a Raspberry Pi for example? You could all this using an arduino or a pi isn't it?

The advantage of this Intel stick compared to RPI is: - more power

- x86

- Run Windows (this might be interesting for lot's of users)

- Bigger storage

- Better and compact pack

Disadvantages: - More power consumption (??? any numbers on this)

- Expensive compared to RPI

- I guess it will be hard to beat the RPI community with this product.

- No GPIO

EDIT:

Add GPIO

Re: Intel Compute Stick

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Post by eitally »

_b8r0 wrote: post #233
larrybolt wrote: post #189

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It's not the box, but a small plastic enclosure with some very cheap electronics (I believe they even used a led as a light sensor) and the battery lasts very very long. I wouldn't know on the impact of that on the ecology though. When it comes to recycling I remember from long long ago that PCB's have a pretty large ecological footprint, but than again, it's not part of the packaging, so it can be easily taken out a…

I was a little sad when I took mine apart to find that the chip was epoxied. I was hoping it would be something easily reprogrammable that I could give to my girlfriend to use at school (she teaches 3,4,5 year olds, so having a box that makes a noise when you open it is something that gets their attention).

After having received one from a vendor (Vidyo), I was looking into creating auto-playing video cards for my own company. It seems http://www.bigdawgspromo.com/ is one of the leading vendors, but their per-piece pricing is pretty hefty. Pretty neat stuff, and they are re-programmable.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

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Post by baldfat »

tankenmate wrote: post #235
_nedR wrote: post #159

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Ah. Thanks for the link. The 149$ version comes with Windows 8.1 Preloaded. The linux version is 89$.

The Linux version has only 1GB RAM and only 8GB onboard flash.

Once again Linux is the "cheap" option. Linux isn't used by people to save the license cost and well I know I have a much greater need for RAM compared to the average computer user. So I would buy a $149 version then have to install Linux on top of that.
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