Online stores such as Amazon and Newegg have started taking pre-orders for the HDMI dongle, which is now expected to ship late April rather than the original March release.
The Intel device has enough power to run windows 8.1 apps on your TV. Intel has rather impressively crammed in a quad-core Atom CPU, 32GB of storage and 4.0 support and a mini-USB connector for power (HDMI power will come later).
It may eventually launch a Core M version. The Windows version will run $149, and if that seems a bit much, a 1GB RAM/8GB memory Linux version is priced at $89.
Newegg is selling the Windows 8.1 version of the Compute stick for the expected $150, some retailers are charging over $100 for the Linux model instead of the official $89.
Intel's Compute stick will get a head start with an expected release date of April 24, 2015. Wheter you like Windows, Linux or Chrome OS, there is a computer-on-a-stick option out there for you.
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