The ASUS Pen Stick is a miniature computer that could easily be mistaken for a USB memory stick. But it is much more than that. It is a powerful pocket PC that even the latest Windows 10 operating system presents no problems. Its "means of communication" for connecting to an external device is the HDMI interface, and dealers will part with it from autumn 2015 onwards for a calculated price of 135 euros.
Under the term computer has been hiding for a long time no longer just a four-cornered "kit", even the laptop is just another one of them appearances. Asus this time he presented it in a compact form, the size of a Monday-long USB stick. This does not mean that you cannot perform slightly more demanding tasks with the Asus Pen Stick, as it is also up to the requirements of the latest Microsoft operating system Windows 10. It is his brain Intel Atom processor with a Cherry Trail core, and excellent "vision" is provided by the built-in graphics card, which supports high resolution content.
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The "dwarf" Asus Pen Stick computer is connected to the external unit via HDMI interface, allows reading memory cards microSD, in addition to the LED-illuminated on and off button, there are also a couple of interfaces USB 2.0, connector microUSB 2.0 for power and headphone jack. Asus engineers have also squeezed into the case 2 GB of system memory, and 32 GB is built-in. Despite only 12.1 x 3.2 x 1.4 even wireless technology didn't miss a centimeter Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) and Bluetooth (4.0).