Have you ever wondered where all the computer retail stores have vanished? Yes, the desktop manufactures all fell like a pack of cards within the last decade. Laptops have moved to the consumer electronics space. You want computing products? You will find it along with mobile phones, tablets and digital cameras not very far from the washing machine and the television. With the processing power of the smart phone getting more and more powerful every day I was wondering what would happen to laptops. The netbook has already taken away a chunk of the laptop market. And now we have the new challenge from the Stick PC with Windows and Display bundle priced very near to the laptop.
Let us check out what do you get in a Windows 8 Stick PC and display bundle. The stick PC looks like a pack of chewing gum. It has an HDMI port that you can stick into the display. The stick PC can have a quad processor in a system on a chip configuration used in smartphones along with 2 GB RAM. It has a built-in flash drive that could be up to 32 GB in size. Additional storage can be added in the form of micro SD cards as the stick has a slot for it.
The SOC has built-in Bluetooth connectivity for connecting to other devices like keyboard or mouse. The touch panel of the display device in the bundle is ideally suited for operating in a Windows 8.1 environment. There are USB ports to connect to other devices. On the whole, it’s a pretty package, and I don’t mind replacing my laptop except that I lose the mobility. I guess we should soon see a bundle with a Stick PC Windows and a tablet-sized, battery powered display that you can fix on a stand if you want. So after you have used your device at home, you coolly slip out the stick PC from the display and put it into your pocket.
When you reach your workstation in your office, you will have a display on your table and you can take out your stick PC from your pocket and stick it into the display and continue your work from the point where you left it. Cool isn’t it? What do you do when you travel? Well hotels, airport lounges and dentists waiting rooms should be soon providing you with HDMI display devices for you to slip in your stick. Yes, you will be carrying your PC on your car keys.
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