If you want to pay not very much money for not very much PC, the Intel Compute stick may be what you are looking for. You just have to acknowledge that it's an inexpensive single board computer with minimal capacity and upgrade potential. If you have tasks to be done within its limited capabilities you may be pleased with the product.
This particular product comes from Intel as bare bones PC. No operating system is installed. Apparently the ones with W10 pre-installed have a 'W' in the model number. Consult the Intel website for details. I got burned by a seller claiming the computer came with an OS installed which was not the case. Thus I tried a couple of things:
1) Ran it as a Chromebook using Neverware's CloudReady OS. Performance wasn't great, most likely because I was running it from a bootable thumb drive.
2) Installed 32-bit Windows 10 to the Compute Stick's primary drive, which is 32GB of flash memory. After partitioning that and installing W10 there isn't much space left, so I moved as much as possible to the 128GB micro SD card (not included).
It was able to run LibreOffice and a web browser without any difficulty. YouTube videos played through the browser, not an app, and it had no issues keeping up.
I was able VPN into the office with it, which is the primary use case for this computer. The Intel Compute Stick is just enough computer to run that software.
| Brand | Intel |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 11.28 x 3.78 x 1.19 cm; 381.02 g |
| Item model number | BLKSTK1A32SC |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| Series | BLKSTK1A32SC |
| Color | Black |
| Form Factor | Stick |
| Processor Brand | Intel |
| Processor Type | Intel Atom |
| Processor Count | 4 |
| RAM Size | 2 GB |
| Memory Technology | DDR3L |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Maximum Memory Supported | 2 GB |
| Memory Clock Speed | 1600 MHz |
| Hard Drive Interface | USB 3.0 |
| Graphics Card Interface | Integrated |
| Wireless Type | 802.11n, 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Voltage | 120 Volts |
| Wattage | 60 |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 381 g |
