Ok, who's building a Mame cab around this bad boy?

[drventure]

Very interesting concept. A usb stick that can run Win8.1 (or linux. I know there's Raspberry Pi's, etc running around, but this just seems so tidy. Might be fun to play with one o' these days.

http://www.winbeta.org/news/intel-launches-bay-trail-powered-usb-stick-which-capable-running-32-bit-windows-81

[Generic Eric]

In the comments someone refers to it as an HDMI stick.  Makes more sense that way.

[BobA]

Yup no need for USB as your TV becomes a full smart TV when this is plugged into an HDMI port.  Love it.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Wow.  That looks awesome.  Wondering how it would perform wirelessly via bluetooth for pedastal cab or portable controller.  Plug it into your TV and play.

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[Generic Eric]

Wow.  That looks awesome.  Wondering how it would perform wirelessly via bluetooth for pedastal cab or portable controller.  Plug it into your TV and play.

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I think Smart TVs are dumb.  I don't have the newest one, but I only use it for netflix.  Amazon prime is too far buried into the the yahoo widget for anyone to remember its there.

Anyway, this is the way of the future.  I wonder though, couldn't we have something larger that would yield the better video performance, so that we could play higher end video games? 

[Yenome]

I like this thing. though i had seen a mini pc hooked up to a tv before that did the same thing. but with more power. could always use a mini itx build. It was my idea once to have a foot rest with a pc built inside to hook to the tv for couch surfing and playing. also didnt know windows 8 had 32 bit. that 32bit chip saddens me they do have a 64bit one with 2gb mem but i feel it should be the base model not the 32bit

[keilmillerjr]

32-bit?! Seriously, Intel? Makes me think of Jaguar. 64-bit! Do the math!

[IAmDotorg]

32-bit?! Seriously, Intel? Makes me think of Jaguar. 64-bit! Do the math!

Intel's engineers are smart enough to know with the target platform for that particular line of Atom CPUs, the extra die space and power needed for 64-bit is a waste. You don't need the memory addressing, you only marginally slow down memory access, and for most applications having quad 32 bit cores will be faster. (Remember, its a CPU targeted by Intel to get the low-end of the tablet market back from ARM, so its meant to be as cheap as an ARM CPU, as power thrifty and only has to be as fast as a competitive ARM CPU. And it does meet that.)

Its expensive for what you're getting, but the convenience is probably worth it for the premium, especially if you were VERY space sensitive.

That said, for about the same cost you can get a vastly more powerful MicroATX solution. It'll just take up more space.

[nitrogen_widget]

I just setup retroarch android on a dual core hdmi stick.
It use .78 roms.
I also installed .139 mame but .139 mame doesn't allow launching from a front end.

Which is another issue.
There is only one front end I could find that's available for android & it don't work so well with non-touch controls.
I can also only use a 480/720/1080 monitor with it otherwise the aspect isn't right.

so I just use it for XBMC & other emulators using the gamepad until a better front end option for android is available.
That cost me $20.

1gb of ram is enough for linux running LXDE desktop but $125 seems a little steep for this little guy given the specs but it is an x86 PC so maybe not.

[ChanceKJ]

Hmmm, I already shoved a NUC into a SNES Advantage controller. Wonder if I could put something like this into a stock SNES paddle?....

Those Intel Edison boards might be too big, hmmmm

[thomas_surles]

So once it's in the tv how do u control it? I'm guessing Bluetooth mouse and keyboard?

[mgb]

yeah, it has bluetooth.
but I'm not really impressed. looks like its best for video streaming and some internet browsing.