World's Cheapest Smallest Quad Core - Android 4.x / Ubuntu 12.10 - ARM Cortex-A9 1.4Ghz HDMI 1GB RAM incl case - $69 + Shipping

Quote from ReverseHandedJO : everyone likes, but no one purchased?! O.0

it's cool and all but I refuse to pay $30 in shipping lol

Interesting xbmc compatible?

Quote from Brooklynite : While Microsoft is sleeping we are witnessing the future of desktop computers. Mark my works.

Pretty much but they're not entirely sleeping. Remember Windows 8 has a version to work on ARM devices. Microsoft might be stupid but I would seriously hope they're not that stupid. Hell Intel realizes it as well. They know that if consumers are buying up smartphones and tablets that that is a market they are losing a piece of the pie on.

I see this as the future of the desktop for the average consumer. Think of this little credit card sized pcs as hubs for all your other peripherals that you have. Plug in your monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. if you want to. You even have things like that Atrix Lapdock that you can plug a pc on a stick into. Who's to say at some point someone doesn't make a tablet screen with battery included but without the cpu guts inside it and instead you slap on your own credit card sized cpu/gpu. Think of Lapdock except in tablet form.

Sure is going to be interesting in how this all plays out and what companies are going to end up as winners and losers. Also will be interesting in seeing just how often consumers will even feel the need to upgrade. Remember if the average customer is just using a pc for watching videos online, doing email, light gaming, and surfing the internet then at some point soon even these small tablet quad core chips are going to end up as overkill just like their older desktop brothers sitting in those customers homes.

Quote from Brooklynite : While Microsoft is sleeping we are witnessing the future of desktop computers. Mark my works.

I don't really see it. I think the future of desktop computers is as a niche device for gaming, which will still need big CPUs, GPUs, power supplies, and cooling.

I believe the future of casual computing will be on laptops, tablets, and smartphones.

The majority of non-computer people I know have already dumped the desktop in lieu of a laptop, years ago.

9 dollars for power cord
30 dollars shipping

so its 110$ not bad...7 weeks shipping? meh ill pass.

this little thing is awesome!

My immediate thought for something like this was a pfSense firewall/router - support for something like that (an additional ethernet ports, and gigabit ethernet) would be awesome for something like this...

I wish there was a US distributor for this product. Would help on the shipping... I am so tempted to get this.

I was going to get a RaspberryPi device, but this is oogles better.

I'm wanting to build a coffee table with a built in screen, that will run MAME, internet, etc. Kind of like a little arcade machine.

Quote from Brooklynite : While Microsoft is sleeping we are witnessing the future of desktop computers. Mark my works.

lol...
keep dreaming.

the "future of desktop computers" is an android based product...
right...

Quote from psyctto : lol... keep dreaming. the "future of desktop computers" is an android based product... right...

I think he meant ultra low powered fast ARM processors and I agree.....they keep ramping up the speed as time goes on. Look at the S4 pro and the Exynos 5.
Not sure Microsoft is sleeping either with thier Windows RT.

Quote from Thunderpants : You're forgetting the ability to upgrade. Once you have something like a droid on a stick htpc you're stuck with whatever specs that has. If it's too slow or outdated it basically becomes useless. Also the fact that you have to add a 3TB external drive around just makes the system bigger overall. The more crap you have to keep plugging into an android on a stick then the more you start to question why you didn't just build something micro ATX or mini ITX. There's no doubt that this is the future as Intel has even started releasing small all in one Ivy Bridge solutions. Only problem is their cost $400 is way too rapetastic. But it shows that they acknowledge that they have to get in on the small tablet/pc market or else ARM is going to blow them away. http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/1...ctober-po/ http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/othe...ember.html http://www.anandtech.com/show/644...g-hands-on Also http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/othe...puter.html

ARM sticks ----> Future desktop computing <---- x86 desktops boxes

I thought ARM was going to beat x86, but it is such a sad state of affairs for ARM devices.

Quote : ARM: Linux and/or software support lags 4-6 months behind releases. Android only isn't going to cut it. Linux GPU acceleration needed for full stack i.e. ubuntu, fedora, debian, xbmc versions Price is jumping way too high No real support. Most are dev boards or straight from china with no organization i.e. "here's the official android and ubuntu version that is updated every month download links." Missing ethernet Quadcore is finally showing up and performance is barely good enough.

I think OOYA will be the "Wii" of desktops: really popular then people are going to realize how much it sucks.
All other ARM sticks/dev boards will continue to suck till 2014.

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Quote : Intel: NUC is ridiculously overpriced and thrown together (has thermal issues) to combate ARM devices and mostly AMD's Livebox IGP continues to suck. Intel Atom continues to suck. Demanding way to high of margins and will kill traditional PC desktop market overnight with a price drop. AMD: AMD Livebox is their "NUC" version and most likey for half the price and 2x the GPU power. Kabini is coming next year and will be in models of Livebox.

I think Valve will certify a specific Livebox and/or NUC model or reference design in the future.

• OOYA
• Steambox (NUC or Livebox; most likely the later given AMD is inside next xbox and ps4)
• next xbox
• ps4

Quote from Brooklynite : While Microsoft is sleeping we are witnessing the future of desktop computers. Mark my works.

See above. The future is small, good enough CPU, great GPU, power efficient nettops.