a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | 1 What do you do with a PC on a stick? I don't know, but I think we're about
to find out really soon.
Intel's Compute Stick goes on pre-order today, delivering a full Windows 8.1
-compatible PC on an HDMI stick for $150. It has an Intel processor, 32GB of
storage, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and a USB port, and it can just plug into any
screen and turn it into a PC. Cool, right? It's part of a new revolution in
computing, which is turning every screen into a computer. We're just not
sure why.
The Compute Stick becomes available right after Google announced its
Chromebit, which does the same thing but with Chrome OS. And bubbling under
these slicker consumer products, for a while, has been a whole world of semi
-functional Android-powered sticks, usually with cheap Rockchip processors.
The whole category is a bit of a side effect, a knock-on from the
development of smartphone technology. All of the parts here are smartphone
parts. The companies have just removed the cellular radios, and with them
the need to deal with annoying, controlling mobile-phone companies and
federal regulators.
We're Fighting the Law...
The obvious challenge that most of these products are trying to solve is
that people want more Internet content on their TVs. We want to stream all
of that stuff that we know is out there, and thus be able to break free from
overpriced cable TV bundles. Smart TV interfaces are awful, and a lot of
content is restricted from streaming on TVs because of incomprehensible
licensing restrictions that make no sense to normal humans. So the PC sticks
, intitially, will become ways for people to watch what they want to watch
on TV.
There's an advantage to having a full PC even there, by the way. Roku,
Amazon, and their ilk all still sign up for the miserable mesh of licensing
agreements, which means that you can watch things on your laptop but
sometimes not on a PC. Hooking up a PC to your TV lets you get around all
that nonsense.
Unfortunately, as soon as you start trying to solve that problem, you earn
some powerful enemies. The TV studios, cable companies, and content owners
don't want you to break their rules, absurd as they may seem. Individuals
can generally survive in the gray areas of streaming what isn't formally
permitted, but isn't officially forbidden, but any real company that tries
to improve access to content without cutting the existing players in will
get slapped down.
Fire TV Stick vs. Chromecast vs. Roku Stick: Media Streamers Compared
That leads to the second problem. Home theater PCs and Android-powered TV
sticks have existed for years, but they've never broken through to the
mainstream because their setup and interfaces just aren't simple enough for
non-technical users. That's because professional developers shy away from
working on this problem out of fear of getting sued by content companies.
That leaves development to individual hackers and open-source projects,
which aren't known for creating interfaces that the non-technical can really
enjoy.
A PC on Every Billboard
So let's look at other uses. The sticks could do amazing work as digital
signage for businesses, but that isn't going to get consumers' blood flowing
. Dell and others have been plugging sticks as a thin-client solution for
enterprises, but they haven't been taking off in a big way. As a primary
computer, I don't see the advantage of these sticks over a cheap laptop,
especially after you have to pay for a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
I love innovation. But after watching the Android-powered sticks fumble for
the past few years with a lack of easily usable software, the problem is
obvious to me. These sticks need a killer app. If over-the-top video content
is going to continue to be hobbled by the cable TV industry's 20th-century
licensing agreements, we're going to need some really fresh thinking. | a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | 2 这篇文章说的不错，Compute Stick可以把用户从电视棒，电视盒子这些傻叉的人造监
狱里面解放出来。 | p**f
发帖数: 3549 | 3 还是太贵，$150=n个盒子，棒子。
不能justify换得的那点利益。
没人拿棒子干活保存数据，只能娱乐。
价格腰斩后，再来谈可比性。
【在 a*****y 的大作中提到】
: What do you do with a PC on a stick? I don't know, but I think we're about
: to find out really soon.
: Intel's Compute Stick goes on pre-order today, delivering a full Windows 8.1
: -compatible PC on an HDMI stick for $150. It has an Intel processor, 32GB of
: storage, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and a USB port, and it can just plug into any
: screen and turn it into a PC. Cool, right? It's part of a new revolution in
: computing, which is turning every screen into a computer. We're just not
: sure why.
: The Compute Stick becomes available right after Google announced its
: Chromebit, which does the same thing but with Chrome OS. And bubbling under
| a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | 4 well，价格肯定会降，尤其是天朝山寨版本出现之后 | a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | 5 Compute stick就是intel在搞PC白菜化，那天朝自然会把它弄得更加白菜化，
然后，然后就大家看电视都在线免费视频 | f****o
发帖数: 4067 | 6 great thin client for business if no needs for multi display. | w*****g
发帖数: 16352 | 7 I don't see how.
★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseWeb 8.7
【在 a*****y 的大作中提到】
: 这篇文章说的不错，Compute Stick可以把用户从电视棒，电视盒子这些傻叉的人造监
: 狱里面解放出来。
| w*****g
发帖数: 16352 | 8 盗版？
★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseWeb 8.7
【在 a*****y 的大作中提到】
: Compute stick就是intel在搞PC白菜化，那天朝自然会把它弄得更加白菜化，
: 然后，然后就大家看电视都在线免费视频
| a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | | w*****g
发帖数: 16352 | 10 还得废精力找
★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseWeb 8.7
【在 a*****y 的大作中提到】
: 不用盗版吧，现在还有什么台没有在线源的？
| a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | | z****g
发帖数: 2497 | 12 不看好这个，htpc都没啥市场，这玩意有啥区别，除了小一点。。
windows就根本不能进Living room。。
哈哈，文章还提到现在没有killer app, 这个肯定会有的，但是我保证百分百不会出现
在PC上
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【在 a*****y 的大作中提到】
: What do you do with a PC on a stick? I don't know, but I think we're about
: to find out really soon.
: Intel's Compute Stick goes on pre-order today, delivering a full Windows 8.1
: -compatible PC on an HDMI stick for $150. It has an Intel processor, 32GB of
: storage, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and a USB port, and it can just plug into any
: screen and turn it into a PC. Cool, right? It's part of a new revolution in
: computing, which is turning every screen into a computer. We're just not
: sure why.
: The Compute Stick becomes available right after Google announced its
: Chromebit, which does the same thing but with Chrome OS. And bubbling under
| l***k
发帖数: 1153 | 13 太长没看完，为啥电视棒，盒子是人造监狱?
【在 a*****y 的大作中提到】
: 这篇文章说的不错，Compute Stick可以把用户从电视棒，电视盒子这些傻叉的人造监
: 狱里面解放出来。
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