Also, that was one of the lowest-content and worst-thought-out TechCrunch writeups I've seen ("If you’ve ever wanted to plug a Windows machine into your TV for a little hot and heavy Excel slinging, you’re in luck"... really? I've done so with Laptops for the last decade).
And they even acknowledge "These single-stick computers are nothing new " (heck, we've got some Intel Compute Sticks at my work). I guess it's not fun having to write up these things.
Came here to say this. No thanks, Lenovo, I can get the same performance and form factor directly from Intel with no "added value" spyware, and I can even get it with Linux preinstalled if I want.
Their business line is decent, I had a ThinkCentre machine a while back that was rock solid. Their consumer line is not nearly as polished, and with the spyware stuff from last year I now won't even touch their business hardware, which arguably wasn't affected. I moved our company from Lenovo to Dell and HP for any new workstations, specifically because of the loss of trust. It's not even about the possibility of an infection as I always re-image any new machine we get immediately, it's more about the principle, and my boss agreed.
It has the same processor, memory, and peripherals mentioned in the compute stick announcement, so it appears to be the Compute Stick with whatever exterior decorations and software Lenovo wants to add. I think we can expect to see a few more similar announcements as various other OEMs continue to rebrand the same device.
It's nice to see a device from a well-known brand that stays close to the anonymous Chinese manufacturers, but at the end of the day the innovation that makes it possible comes from the chip makers.
Also, that was one of the lowest-content and worst-thought-out TechCrunch writeups I've seen ("If you’ve ever wanted to plug a Windows machine into your TV for a little hot and heavy Excel slinging, you’re in luck"... really? I've done so with Laptops for the last decade).
And they even acknowledge "These single-stick computers are nothing new " (heck, we've got some Intel Compute Sticks at my work). I guess it's not fun having to write up these things.