ASUS CHROMEBIT CS10 Stick-Desktop PC with RockChip 3288-C 2 GB LPDDR3L 16 GB eMMC Google Chrome OS

I love Android, and I love ChromeOS. I have an Acer chromebook, an Amazon Fire, an Apple iPad, and a Samsung Galaxy, and so far, and oddly enough, this chromebit is my favourite piece of technology. First things first. This is NOT a fast machine. It is slower than the chromebook I bought three years ago, yet not that slow: I've watched Rio 2016 on streaming and there is just the barest hint of lag, and I think it is my ISP's fault rather than the chromebit. It's completely portable. Just this morning I did a presentation by plugging it into an HD monitor instead of looking for an overhead projector. It does everything a chromebook or a chromebox can, except that this thing, sadly, does not have USB 3.0 capabilities. I also miss having a microphone, but at least it paired nice and easy with my bluetooth hearphones and keyboard. Wifi reception may be a little bit compromised behind the monitor or TV, but at least you can use an expander cable (I got one that was a meter long and got a coupler, and it works like a charm). Using google drive eases the lack of internal capacity: it has barely 16 GB on board, but I've tested it with USB drives up to 128 GB and external SSD drives up to 256 GB; however, cheap drives tend to use more oower and some of them can be read but not write. Mechanical drives, using too much power, are simply not up to the task. Or to the power supply available, to tell you the truth; you need a wall outlet to power up the chromebit, because there isn't enough juice available from the USB ports of any standard TV. So if you want to connect several drives or accessories, you need a hub that supports an external power supply. My only complaints are that the only USB port available is 2.0 instead of 3.0, and that it lacks a microsd expansion slot. Except for that, it's a perfect little machine for under a hundred bucks.

This little device does everything i was hoping it would do. I wanted this device for mainly streaming movies and tv shows, but i wanted a browser so i could browse other sites to watch shows or movies on which things like the fire tv or other streaming devices do not do as far as i am aware. So after watching a movie in hd through amazon i found it played with less glitches then my computer. I always thought my computer glitched playing hd movies or any videos because of my internet connection but i guess that is not the case because this little device seems to handle the hd videos a hundred times better, which i love because i wasn't expecting it too so that is a win for me. So i mainly bought this for watching movies and tv shows from amazon, netflix and all other sites on the web and it works great, better then i thought it would. The other reason i bought it was because my desktop computer i have hooked up to my tv uses at least 200 watts or more of electricity an hour so i bought this device knowing it uses i think about 18 watts of electricity an hour which means i could leave this running 24/7 if i really wanted to and it would use about the same power in 24 hours has my desktop use in may 2 hours of use. So if this device keeps working great for movies and tv shows i will save another 5 to 10 dollars a month on my electricity bill which will be awesome. If you are looking for a setup like the windows 10 this device is not for you but if you are looking for a great way to watch your shows or movies this will work great specially if you watch them from other sites on the web and the plus thing is google chrome comes with adblocker which makes watching shows or movies online a lot easier.. As of now i recommend this device for 85 dollars it does everything i want it to do. And for other things i need like printing papers or other things this device does not do i will still have my desktop computer for that type of stuff but for the most part that computer will be shut down 99.9 percent of the time now unless the device quits working but i hope it doesn't. Buy this if you just need a way to save electricity and a way to watch all your shows online with out all the extra stuff you don't need just to do that.. Update July 4th 2016.... So it has been 6 months since i bought this device and i am happy with it and have zero problems with it. I use it to watch tv shows/movies online and also watch shows from amazon to. Anyways i have this device on 8 to 12 hours a day mainly watching tv shows and this device handles it perfect. I could not be happier because i think i have gotten my money worth out of it. So for a little over 80 bucks with heavy use of streaming movies and tv shows and it still works great is a great deal and i will be back in another 6 months to update again. So if this device last me a full year of heavy usage i would for sure buy this product every year or two if i had to because it does a lot for such a cheap affordable price. Update June 27th 2018.... I know my last update i said i would be back in 6 months. Well i guess i wasn't back but beside that i have now had this asus computer stick for 2 years and 6 months and it is still going strong. This device has been very reliable. The past year i have not used it as much per day because i have upgraded to apple tv for my streaming uses but this device still works great and i still use it here and there for watching shows i can not find else where. So with that said this device is well worth it and from what i see the price has not gone up so that is a bonus...

ウィンドウズ3台、アンドロイド1台ときて、5台目のスティックPCです。 安いしコンパクトだし、この際一通りのOSを体験してみようじゃないかということで買いました。 本機の使い心地は、最初にテスト使用した程度では問題なしだったという感じで、ここではクロームOSというものについて。 本機の性能じたいは★4なり5でいいと思いますが、クロームOSによって3です。 今までPCを使ったことがない人に使わせるものとして、クロームOSというのは最もとっつきやすそうと思います。 理由としては、各種アップデートやセキュリティ対策で、ユーザー側の負担がかなり小さく、ほぼゼロに近いことです。 そのあたりはグーグルでも全面に出していて売りにしていますが、一方では、ハードウェアごとにサポート期間が決まっているという、個人的にはかなり大きいと感じる欠点があります。 私の勉強不足ではあるにしろ、このサポート期間の件はだいぶ後になってから知り、何となくですがグーグルに限らずネットではクロームOSの良い面ばかりが喧伝され、この短所はあまり知られていないのでは？と感じます。 まあいったんそれを知ってしまって検索してみると情報はわんさか出て来はしますが、ただクロームOSのことを調べている限りでは、「まあすべてブラウザ内で作業して、データもクラウドに置いとく、あまり広いことはできないにしろ初心者やライトユーザーには手軽で安全なものなのね」といった評価に収斂していくのではないかと。 個人的にはPCは5年かそれ以上、ハード的に故障するとかOSの進化についていけなくなって動作が遅くてどうにもならんといった感じになるまで使いたいほうなので、セキュリティやらOSのアップで一律線引きされて「これ以下はサポート打ち切りです」というやり方のものはできれば使いたくないと思っています。 普段メインで使っているMacについてはそれなりにサポート長いので使ってはいますが、やはりOSのバージョンが上がるごとに対応ハードの条件も上がって古いのは打ち切られていくのは、中には納得し難いものもあったりします。 そういう意味ではウィンドウズが一番緩そうで好感が持てますね。 まあグーグルに関してはそれ言ったらアンドロイドスマホなんてOSのメジャーアップは1回でも有れば良い方で、特にエントリークラスなどはほとんど非対応に見受けられ、それを求めるならピクセルなりアンドロイド・ワンなりとなりますが、それにしたってサポートは2年だか3年だかでやはりiOSに比べたら短いようですし。 まあなんやかんや、アンドロイドの場合は古いバージョンでも使い続けてしまったりしていてそこまでサポートがどうのと気にはしていないので、クロームOSもあまりお金絡みのことには使わないとか一定の注意をしながら、サポートが切れたハードウェアも使い続けるつもりではいます。 実際、本機もこの投稿の2020年12月時点ではサポート切れ直後だったかと思いますので、そのあたり把握済みでその前提での使い方をするつもりならありかなと思います。

Quería un Conputer Stick y me alegra no haber comprado uno con Windows... Chrome OS es mucho menos demandante y aprovecha bien un hardware "limitado" como el del Chromebit Funciona de maravilla para tu TV y olvidarse de si tú TV sigue dando soporte o no a ciertas apps de streaming (me pasó con la app de Fox en una Smartv del 2015 años) La configuración es súper rápida sin embargo hay bastantes actualizaciones y esta es la parte que toma más tiempo, dependiendo claro de tu conexión a internet Te otorga 100GB gratis en Google Drive por 2 años asi que no le veo mucho problema al tema del almacenamiento Ha reconocido varios teclados y mouse es cuestión de segundos así que muy eficiente en este sentido Compré un adaptador HDMI-VGA así que lo conecte al monitor de la vieja PC de mi mamá y le va de maravilla! Puede navegar, checar sus cuentas de bancos y hacer sus trámites en línea, y por un precio mucho menor al de una laptop o un remplazo de PC, y ya al momento que desee gracias a su portabilidad lo lleva a cualquier TV de la casa o fuera de ella Aún no permite instalar la tienda Android para bajar las apps de Netflix y otras, por lo pronto todo es vía explorador, hay una versión Beta del OS que lo permite pero leí que están trabajando en una versión oficial que soporte la AppStore de Android, pero por lo pronto con el navegador todo ha funcionado de maravilla Lo recomiendo para convertir tu TV en una Smartv más poderosa, o si no requieres de suites de oficina propietarias como Microsoft o algún otro programa y lo que requieres es un ordenador para navegar el Chromebit puede ser una gran solución con una gran portabilidad

AVOID AVOID AVOUD - Grrrrrrrrrrrr - slimey sales people/companies who market and sell products that just won't work out of the box - These links could have at least included an adapter or just HYPER CLEARLY market this was a US product that we are going to sell in the UK. No response from their sales team on the returns. Amazon please remove these guys from your platform. The time wasting and cost is annoying.

Came as promised. Took about 10 minutes to set up. I use it to stream workouts and yoga in my basement. Upgraded from a Android box. What I really like is the ease of installation. It plug right into the back of the TV and hides away and no one case see it. I use a wireless keyboard with mouse track from Logitech and works seemlessly. Also hook it up Bluetooth to a little speaker. Don't worry about internal storage if you have Google drive.

Updated ... See comments below. We just bought it in December, but didn't get around to setting it up until this week. When we plug it in, it starts up just fine, but then about after 2 minutes of usage, the unit shuts off and requires a full restart to get working again. Update: Turns out the unit goes to sleep after 10 minutes, and the unit is behaving as designed. There is a chrome plugin you can install that will keep the unit "alive" indefinitely. So I installed that, and all is good.