BigBizzee
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Full Windows 8 eh? Interesting indeed. So this would upgrade to Win10 soon too.This is going to be a pretty random post in this thread but having bought a gamestick I'm thinking you guys like cheap devices like this. I like the gamestick but I'm a sucker for any cheap fun device. Anyway here goes:
If you have a Micro Center near you or are willing to pay shipping check out this $60 Windows 8.1 tablet (yes full windows). It comes with a year sub for Office 365 on a card as a code. I sold mine on ebay for $30 (it can go for more but I opted for the quick sale). After all was said and done the tablet cost me $38.
Now for the fun stuff. The tablet is only 16gb but micro center has a program that let's you clear up an additional 2GB of storage on the tiny drive (windows is big). The real draw to this thing though is the ports. It features a mini HDMI, micro usb for charging or other stuff, A FULL USB Port, and a micro SD slot.
With the full usb port and the charging port your options for connectivity are vast. It has bluetooth as well. I hooked up a wireless 360 controller which is plug and play in windows 8.1. I installed a 64GB micro SD card and then turned it into a virtual hard drive to install more programs on. I used this guide. I got STEAM installed as well as Half LIfe 2 up and running on the card. It runs at 1024 and even better at 800x600. Granted it's a valve game, it's old, and well optimized but I was shocked to have it running on this tiny thing. I'm guessing lesser games would run fine on it.
I ran mame, nes, and snes emulators but I'm guessing it would handle ps1, psp, and dreamcast although I've yet to get that far with testing it out.
I installed Kodi which also works nicely and the tablet can drive a 1080p monitor. You can get an adapter for mini HDMI but I opted for a $7 cable on Amazon that's a mini hdmi to hdmi cable.
It's a little more than the gamestick but you are getting a tablet screen in the process. I'm thinking of using this to catch up on some older games I never got around to playing and will probably use it as my vacation Kodi htpc.
I don't work for Microcenter, I just like cheap fun gadgets.
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With this, and a wireless/BT keyboard and mouse, this is legitimately a desktop or laptop replacement (albeit one that doesn't do hardcore tasks). But for web, streaming, etc...how can you beat $60 (or $30 after selling the card???)...???
I need to stop buying gadgets!!!