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It was what I expected, arriving much sooner than expected. It was easy to install ubuntu-16.04, and is working fine for the 1/2 day that I've had it. I haven't checked the audio or the uSD reader yet, but everything else is working. The only disappointment so far is that FreeBSD 11.0-RC1 wouldn't install, but that really didn't surprise me or affect it's utility.
Edit: FreeBSD 11.1 does install, although I haven't been able to get sound to work yet.
Edit: I am less impressed with this item after using it for a while. The concern here is that the performance of the processor is a lot less than what I would have expected. Running a fairly CPU intensive program (one that attempts to use all of the cores), the performance of this 4-core processor ends up being less than that of a 2-core N2840 Celeron processor in a Toshiba laptop. Based on Passmark benchmark results from the web, I would have expected that the Compute Stick processor would be 3x faster, rather than slower. Some review articles on the web suggest that the difference is the result of thermal throttling of the Compute Stick processor when it is under heavy load for long times (and that the benchmarks are based on short tests that end before thermal throttling can take effect).
At this time I'm not going to remove any stars, but may do so in the future after more investigation.
Further Edit: I've done more testing, and have decided that for me this product is not worth the extra cost over that of one of the Atom-based Compute sticks. The performance of this device was so far below that I was hoping for that I purchased a 1st generation Ubuntu-based Compute Stick (for about $50 on Amazon). That part has a Z3735F CPU, 8GB Flash Memory and 1GB of RAM. I ran the same program which uses all four cores and runs for more that 1/2 hour, and discovered that the m3-based part was only about 33% faster. The other advantages of the m3 part (3 USB-3.0 ports vs 1 USB-2.0 port, 64Gb vs 8Gb of Flash memory, and 4GB vs 1GB RAM) did not make it worthwhile for me to spend 6x as much for the M3 Compute Stick, although ymmv. I'm not going to remove any stars because my needs are quite a bit different from the needs of most of the prospective purchasers of this product, although I would caution that this device may not be all that much faster than similar Atom-based products.
| Processor | 900 MHz core_m_6y57 |
|---|---|
| RAM | 4 GB DDR3 |
| Memory Speed | 1866 MHz |
| Hard Drive | SSD |
| Chipset Brand | Intel |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Wireless Type | 802.11a/b/g/n |
