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I put Windows on my iPad with this $99 computer

Published by Business Insider on Mon, 09 Nov 2015


The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.Typically, affordable Windows laptops arent the most exciting devices in the world. They wont hit your wallet as hard as the best notebooks on the market, but any cash you save is usually offset by chunkier, cheaper-feeling designs and a general sense of malaise in how they run. You have to dig pretty deep to find the good values among them.If you take the "Windows" away from the "laptop," however, the proposition becomes a little more interesting. Kickstarted by Intels Compute Stick, thats exactly what a growing legion of so-called stick PCs are doing. Theyre dongles, shaped like an Amazon Fire TV Stick or first-gen Chromecast, but inside their tiny frames is the same experience as a full-on Windows desktop.Now, they arent particularly strong Windows PCs, and they require you to supply your own keyboard, mouse, and monitor, but theyre super affordable, usually retailing for $150 or less. If you wanted the all-encompassing benefits of a laptopsomething you can use to stream movies, write up documents, browse the web, look at photos, and so onin something more malleablethan, well, a laptop, they have obvious value.The InFocus Kangaroo isnt quite a stick PC, but for me, its a better take on the same general idea. It sacrifices the dongle form factor for a black, phablet-like rectangle, so while its not as portable, its still very easy to carry around. More importantly, that allows it to holdits own batteryit only lasts about 3-4 hours with ordinary use, but its still better than having to keep a power source connected at all times, as you do with most stick PCs. The Kangaroo is $100, which is about as cheap as these things go, but for that money it packs up-to-date versions of the same specs youd find in those stick PCs. It has a 1.44GHz Intel Atom X5-Z8500 chip, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of SSD storage. Only 18GB of the latter is usable out of the box, which is puny, but expandable through a microSD slot.Beyond that, theres Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11ac WiFi, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, and HDMI ports through an included dock connector, and even a functional fingerprint sensor to use with Windows 10s "Windows Hello" sign-in authentication tool. All of this runs on a complete, 64-bit version of Windows 10 Home, the same as youd find on a Surface Book or Dell XPS 13. In other words, this is a real, live Windows PC. Things will start to chug if you open more than six or so tabs at once, and heavier programs like Photoshop are a no-go, but if you treat it the way youd treat a budget laptop, the Kangaroo is actually relativelyzippy. HD video and music stream smoothly, web browsing is fine with moderation, and I was able to run a few older games on Steam on lower settings. I wish InFocus couldve added just a little more RAM, and the unit itself can get very hot after a while, but you can absolutely multitask withthis. You can definitely do morethan you would with a $100 tablet. You could even install Linux if you wanted. Its never not a cheap Windows PC, but at this priceits better than I expected.The whole thing couldnt be more straightforward to set up, eitherjust plug it into an HDMI-equipped monitor or TV, or an iPad, and itll load up and get going within a half-minute.And yes, that says iPad: Through the "OSLinx" app, you can turn Apples slate into a more portable monitor or, more appropriately, a touch-enabled Windows tablet. Its decidedly less smooth through there, but again, if you really need to access certain files on the go, it works.The Kangaroo is far from the only mini PC around, and theres obvious room for it to get better. For the money, though, and for all the functionality it packs, its a solid deal. If youre throwing your eggs in the Windows basket, it should prove convenient.InFocus Kangaroo Mobile Desktop Computer, $99, available at Newegg.SEE ALSO:These are the best budget laptops on the marketREAD THIS:These are the best laptops on the marketIN CASE YOU MISSED IT:These are today's best deals from around the webJoin the conversation about this story
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