Performance and networking worthy of a toaster Lenovo had even thrown in a tiny holder/bracket with an adhesive backside that can be used to attach the device on at the back of a display. I didn’t need it, but I did appreciate the gesture. This can be an essential accessory if your display or TV have little room for the Stick 300 around their HDMI ports. Given the inexpensive price, I was even more surprised to find a 5 centimeter HDMI extension cord included. I didn’t research the contents of the box before purchasing, so I was quite surprised to discover that Lenovo had included a power supply and an A–Micro-USB cable in the box. Lenovo’s marketing materials kept reminding me that I needed a high quality power supply to go with the device, and I was left with the impression that I’d to get this separately. The IdeaCentre Stick 300 charges via a standard Micro-USB port. Ugly label dominates the product backside This amount of jargon would be unacceptable at the back of a smartphone, and I can’t see why Lenovo included all this information so prominently on the device. The backside of the device, which depending on your display’s HDMI connection may end up being the outward-facing side, is covered almost entirely white-label filled with technical and legal information. The stick is following a minimal and functional design with a discreet black finishing that shouldn’t be very noticeable behind a black-framed display or TV. It’s intended to be used as a media center or thin client that goes behind an HDMI-display and used with wireless networking and Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. The Lenovo IdeaCentre Stick 300 is a black slab of plastic with a one USB-A and one Micro-USB (for power) port, one Micro-SD card slot, and an HDMI male connector sticking out on one end.

Performance and networking worthy of a toaster.

This review will be broken up in the following sections: The ultra-cheap Lenovo IdeaCentre Stick 300 seemed perfect secondary PC that would fit the bill. My use for a Windows computer is thus very limited, and I only need “something cheap that runs Windows.” I’ve been running Windows in a virtual machine, but wanted to move it out onto its own dedicated system. I also want to keep on top of the development of the Windows platform. I’m primarily a Linux user, but occasionally use some Windows-only software.

It isn’t super powerful, but it’s fast enough to get most tasks dune except gaming and other computing-intensive tasks. The year-old Lenovo IdeaCentre Stick 300 is a tiny little computer that’s designed to be plugged straight into an HDMI display, wireless networking, and a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

The only problem is that it isn’t suited for running Windows. Lenovo offers a neat HDMI-dongle/mini-computer with Windows 10 Home edition at half the price of a standalone Windows 10 license.

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