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J**R
Portable And Efficient
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Don’t but put off by its size, its performance is more than adequate for day to day tasks and more.Now the intentions of these aren’t to be super powerful builds and that is reflected with its internal components. You’ve only got a measly 2gb of ram and an easily usable 64gb off on onboard storage.Now if we take all that into reflection and look at what we might actually use this device for it becomes more and more apparent. Using it as a media service was my go to and for the price it’s irresistible . With an output of 4k you can take advantage of Netflix , YouTube and so many other streaming sites in 4k!I mean yea, you’re still going to be able to get some general usage out of this. Be it document processing, internet browsing . Light gaming and probably a bit more but when you begin to push this you really see it starting to struggle and that’s probably due to its 2gb of ram! And 2gb of ram alone. Attached is a video review , I hope this review helped.
S**N
Great device, but 32GB storage is too small
I bought this for use connected to my TV, primilary for media streaming. Setup was easier than expected, although if you’ve never used Windows 10 before, be aware that you need a Microsoft Account to register it with. This can be a hotmail/live/outlook email address, but you may need to strengthen your password before it will let you use that to login to your PC.After setting it up, Windows 10 then tries to download system patches and security updates and this is where you may run into trouble if, like me, you went for the 32GB storage. Without any extra software installed and prior to any updates being downloaded, I had 18.6GB free out of the 32GB storage. Windows Update then downloaded 2 huge updates (1709 and 1803), plus a few other smaller updates. The built-in storage went down to as low as 5.4GB free and the PC almost ground to a halt. I held my breath and it eventually restarted and applied these updates. After a couple more restarts, I was still left with only around 6GB to play with which was a disappointment. After Googling, I found that you can reclaim disk space used by previously downloaded updates so I did that and the final useable space went up to 11.5GB. Not great, but as long as you’re not planning to install lots of software or media files it’s just about workable. I would advise you go for 64GB storage as a minimum and you should be left with around 40GB to 45GB to play with - plus you can add more with the SD card slot (note: this can’t be used for system storage though, so try to keep on top on Windows Updates so you’re only downloading one at a time)Whilst this PC is no speed demon, partly due to having only 2GB RAM, it’s perfectly usable if your demands aren’t too high. It will stream YouTube in HD smoothly and without buffering. One thing I struggled with is the Sky Go Player, which didn’t stream well at al with buffering and out of sync audiol, but that could be down to Sky themselves so I’m not being overly critical of that. Sadly, this was one reason why I bought this, so slightly miffed not to be able to use it for that purpose.A few other niggles: it flatly refuses to see my faster 5GHz wireless network and will only connect to the slower 2.4GHz network, so I’ve connected with an Ethernet cable instead - luckily, it’s near my router so no big issue. Also, it only has one x USB 1.1 and one USB 2.0 port - so no USB 3.0 if you were hoping to connect a faster hard drive. Hard to be critical at this price point though, I paid just £86 for a full PC so it’s still good value for money.All in all, this is a great option if you accept that it has some limitations and I wouldn’t recommend it if you want to play games, but for light use and office applications as well as web browsing and email, it’s perfect - and such a tiny size too!I’m wishing I paid a little more to get 64GB storage and 4GB RAM, but I can’t blame the PC’s manufacturers for the size of Microsoft’s update files. I still think this is a cracking PC for the price.
H**N
Reasonably priced windows box of multiple use
This is a small box that you can connect to your tv using the hdmi cable that comes with it . Then you can connect the box to the broadband wirelessly or via cable like i have done . I have also connected a 3TB usb drive to it to be able to store stuff . It is recommended to buy a pair of wireless keyboard and mouse to go with it .There you go you have a windows 10 pc setup on your tv . You can use it for common tasks but on a much bigger screen . One use is as a media box to watch moves and other online stuff . Buffering is minimum . I mostly use it for my 11 year old educational purpose rather sitting on a desk with a laptop .Overall i am extremely happy with the product and the price is reasonable.
D**S
Reliable and small form factor miniPC
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. I would like to have a mini PC attached to every TV in my house so, the primary reason for buying this mini PC was to have a windows 10 TV box.The main advantages in summary:- small size- complete silence- low power consumption (less than 15W metered )- the price- Windows 10 already licensed- 4K display- 3 USB- 5G wifi networkAfter I unpack it I realized how tiny is this miniPC. Practically it is like half of my hand.It is not the fastest miniPC but the MMC HDD is quite fast. In my tests it is twice faster that a normal HDD.After windows updates, it takes around 40 seconds to boot up and this is not bad at all.I am using it mostly to stream videos to my 4K TV and it is doing this job very good. I measured the performance af CPU and RAM under 4K video streaming and the CPU is staying at 50% and the RAM at 75%.The main advantage of having this windows miniPC is that I can use my TV to browse internet or to watch vidoe direct from browser. I am using google Chrome as a browser and I am not disappointed with the performance, of course I cannot run 10 tabs in the same time but it can handle with easy 3 tabs of browsing.Having a passive cooling system is also a big advantage as is completely silent!I am using it connected via wifi and until now i have not seen any issue with the wifi connection, it works very well.Very pleased until now!