Equipped with the same processor as Apple’s MacBook, Intel’s Compute Stick gets a powerful performance upgrade in 2016.. Intel had redefined what a desktop computer could look like when it ...

Intel’s new Compute Stick, available for about $150 with Windows 8.1 and $110 with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, takes the mini desktop concept about as far as it can go.

Are you interested in a Windows computer you could carry around in your pocket, plug into a television screen and do basic computing? Intel hopes so. The chipmaker has introduced the Compute Stick ...

The first Compute Stick felt like a prototype that left Intel's labs before designers ever laid their eyes on it. This new model, on the other hand, looks and feels like a solid piece of consumer kit.

The Compute Stick I tested is a Core m3-6Y30, a dual-core, four-thread chip with an Intel HD 515 integrated GPU; a business-friendly Core m5-6Y57 version with vPro is also available.

Intel’s Compute Stick offers multi-core performance fairly close to a typical 8 or 10-inch Atom-based tablet and motors past the dual-core Celeron N2840 in the HP Streambook too.

The Intel Compute Stick looks a bit like a Google Chromecast, but it features an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and Windows 8.1 with Bing software.

Intel will also offer an Ubuntu version of the Compute Stick, but with lower specs at a cheaper price: 1GB of RAM and 8GB of on-board storage, selling for $89. Intel's other low-cost, tiny ...

But with the next generation of Compute Stick, it looks like Intel has addressed all of our concerns. 1 / 5 The new entry-level Compute Stick (MSRP $159) packs in an Atom x5-z8400, 2GB of RAM and ...

Intel didn’t announce a price or a ship date for the new Compute Stick, however. Mark Hachman Skylake ships with an integrated graphics core inside of it, which Intel had previously said would ...

Zotac, Asus, and others may be launching PC sticks with Intel Atom Cherry Trail processors. But Intel is going a step further and launching a new line of Intel Compute Stick mini PCs featuring ...

Little more than an HDMI dongle, Intel's Compute Stick is a self-contained PC. Here are the key features of the Compute Stick and how it can be used.