Azulle A-1063-AAP-1 Access Plus, Fan less Mini PC Stick, Cherry Trail T3 Z8300, 4GB RAM+32GB storage, Black

I bought this as a test machine along with two others in different form factors. All had about the same specs. I needed something small, but robust enough to handle a constant HD video stream in a rather warm environment. I won't discuss the competitors, but one was another stick and the other was a mini. All sub $200.Don't do this at home! I honestly tried to kill this thing with heat. I threw two HD streams at it at the same time (one was a camera and the other....movie after movie from my iTunes server). Well this stick got warm but never over heated. After a few days, I put it in a box....no airflow. It kept streaming. So I covered the box with a blanket. And it kept working. It's been running for several weeks and I'm trying to make it fail due to heat....but it's not happening. So very pleased am I. One point to note, I ran it connected to my network via WiFi as that is just another chipset working harder than it should.Lets talk about hardware. This is not a power house machine ready to get down and dirty with the latest CoD release. It's not for video rendering. This is a great PC for several purposes. First, use it to make your "dumb" TV into a "Smart" TV for streaming video from Amazon Prime or elsewhere. Next, Get a nice monitor, attach a keyboard and mouse, and you have a great work station capable of Office apps, web surfing, and general computing (think of Grandma or the kids). Third, use it as a remote client for various things. Finally, and I'll probably do this, get an inexpensive touch screen monitor with an HDMI input and stick it in the kitchen, the garage, or on the tech bench. Use it to pull up recipes, how to videos, and schematics using Windows on screen keyboard. Lots of options.....just not a lot of storage.Now to the topic of storage. Well, depending upon the configuration, there isn't much. Not a big deal due to the two USB ports. Now, most of us would automatically take the two ports up with a keyboard and mouse. If you want to go wireless mouse and keyboard, then that will be one port. If you want to go hardwired, well, get a USB hub. But if you need more storage space, get an external hard drive. The built in RJ45 is awesome and, as far as I know, the only PC in this configuration to offer one.Performance is snappy....even after the Windows updates. Fast boot times and is able to keep up with what I put it through. Now, of course I'm talking about loading Chrome or other light weight pieces of software. Network speeds are fine. The unit does get warm, as says the label, but you won't be playing "hot potato" with it.The size is large.....much larger than the normal stick PC (or least the ones I've been comparing it to). As such, I wouldn't want to connect this straight to an HDMI port on a TV or monitor. Use the extension cable and find it a place to sit. Someone had mentioned using sticky back velcro to adhere it to the back of the monitor or TV. As I said, the heat dissipates well. Connections all seem solid and reliable. I do wish that they would have used a barrel connector for power instead of the USB connection (I have kids and lots of devices....USB charges have a habit of walking).In the end, I recommend these little sticks and just purchased two more. Beyond my purpose, which is probably more than anyone will use them for, these are great little PCs. Anything from simple internet stuff to kiosks and digital signage (Azulle makes a dedicated stick for this). Home theater application, it would be rock solid.

Was looking for a solution to replace often unreliable android boxes and upon speaking to our IT expert he told me the best way to do it is to get a device like the Azulle that is essentially a Windows computer in the smallest form. Turns out, he was correct! This tiny little powerhouse has turned my 60" tv into a full out Windows 10 computer that i'm able to run a stable, reliable version of Kodi that can easily be updated, I can browse online, use spotify, etc... pretty much anything I can do on my desktop, I can do here. Obviously, there isn't a lot of storage but that is ok; all I wanted was the ability to have the functionality of android box with the stability Windows provides. Set up was painless; the WIFI works great but you can also hard wire your ethernet if you want.

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The computer it self is great. Small format and able to do basic tasks. I have had it for a while now and the power cable will not stay in tight enough. Any time the cable wiggles the computer turns off. I have tried other micro usb cables and they stay in the i cannot find a brick with enough juice to power the machine. I would like cable that actually works!

I purchased two of these - the first I wanted to try out; upon the completion of my initial evaluation, I bought the second unit for similar purposes:PROS:*Small - about the size of a small-end (like Roku) remote control*Quiet - no noise*Runs cool(er) than other reviews suggest (I was worried about this issue being problematic, as I mainly wanted to use this to stream video from various internet sources. To my pleasant surprise, it has been running 24/7 for days, streaming video from Netflix/Youtube, and is barely warm to the touch!)*Streams video WIRELESSLY without (hardly) any buffering issues or pixelation or lags...Now, I have one unit literally sitting underneath my 2017 generation Netgear wifi router. I only see a momentary jitter or lag, and I mean but less than a half-second, when I press the controls on my wireless keyboard for mute or rewind etc... So I wouldn't really call those lag problems, but when they occur they are predictable and momentary. No big deal IMO. With a hard line network CAT cable, it is about the same...meaning GREAT. Although YMMV depending on your network setup. It is good to know that it performs exceptionally well sans a cable, but at least one could go that route on this particular unit if needed.*Other uses perform well: generally just email reading, printing and basic PC operations...I personally haven't tried any gaming, and my experience with multitasking too much shows it's limitations (thus several browsers open, windows explorer, office app, and streaming video will over-tax this little unit...)*OTHER observations: Worked SEAMLESSLY with my Acer touchscreen monitor right out of the box; Windows Pro version a plusCONS:No YET, but this is just my initial review two weeks in to my first unit, suffice to say I wouldn't have bought the second if I didn't think this unit wasn't worth it. However, longevity is something to remain evaluated, and I will update my review as required. FOR MY USES it works very well.BOTTOM LINE: I wanted a better unit for my TV, capable of streaming and basic PC stuff over a Roku or Android box - this unit seems to fit the bill and surpass my initial expectations!I am a 'technology person' and this is a genuine review - BE CAREFUL about those fake reviews! If you need this unit for things as I described herein - buy it, can't go wrong for the price/cost benefit comparison.