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Presale: Meegopad T01 Intel Quadcore Windows/Android Mini PC US$96.18 inc Shipping @ GearBest

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Presale: Meegopad T01 Intel Quadcore Windows/Android Mini PC US$96.18 inc Shipping @ GearBest
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LDarkscythe on 18/12/2014 - 12:31 gearbest.com (2766 clicks)
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Hi all,

First deal so hoping you can get some value out of this. Let me know if I've made any errors.

I asked GearBest for a coupon for the MeegoPad T01 and they gave me one for my readers so I thought I'd share it here for those who love a bargain. Cheapest I can find on AliExpress is $99.60.

The MeegoPad T01 is a Intel Quadcore Mini PC which can run both Windows and Android. There is more information here: Mod: Site removed - do not link to site with affiliate links

Technical Specs:

  • Chipset: Intel Atom Z3735F “Bay Trail” quad core processor @ 1.33 GHz (Bust freq: 1.83 GHz) with Intel HD graphics Gen 7 (2W TDP)
  • RAM: 2 GB DDR3L-1333 (64-bit up to 10.6 GB/s)
  • Storage: 32 GB eMMC + micro SD slot up to 64GB
  • Video & Audio Output: HDMI 1.4
  • Connectivity: 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 (Realtek RTL8723BS)
  • USB: 2x micro USB ports, 1x USB 2.0 port
  • Other Features: Power button
  • OS: Windows 8/Android 4.4 (Dual Boot)

Please note this is a presale but I'm told it should be shipping very soon.

EDIT: Noted in US Dollars

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  • Grok on 18/12/2014 - 12:44
    +1

    The web site keeps mentioning Windows 8, does Windows 8 come with the dongle?

    • Darkscythe on 18/12/2014 - 12:51
      +2

      When I looked at the product page, it certainly suggests that Windows is included as that is listed as the OS. My guess is that they will be leveraging Microsoft's new licence model for small devices to keep the costs down as it is essentially a small tablet without the screen.

      • leftspeaker2000 on 18/12/2014 - 12:54
        +4

        It will be Windows 8.1 with Bing. So its a $0 licensing fee.

        • Grok on 18/12/2014 - 13:33
          -1

          No it costs Zero Dollar

          :)

        • leftspeaker2000 on 18/12/2014 - 15:37
          +1

          @SamR: I think for Microsoft to give it away for free they have to say $0 Licensing fee. If they say its zero dollars its considered anti-competitive

      • HomeAlone on 18/12/2014 - 13:47
        +1

        No screen means the license is $15 rather than free.

        Unless they used the name Meegopad to fool Microsoft into thinking it's a tablet :P

    • mr kindface on 18/12/2014 - 13:09
      +7

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8rVsn_f1uM

      video not in english, but there it is, running 8.1

      • brucebruce on 18/12/2014 - 13:19
        +2

        yeah just watched that myself too. amazing for a sub $100 little thing… i'm liking the pace of small device technology advance of late! :)

      • y12345678 on 18/12/2014 - 13:21
        +1

        thanks, good video.

      • venomx2 on 18/12/2014 - 13:40

        In the video how do they connect the keyboard and mouse to the device?

        • mr kindface on 18/12/2014 - 13:47
          +1

          i'd guess bluetooth
          edit: it says "Features two micro USB ports, support webcams and microphones to external hard drives and USB sticks"

        • happychappy1 on 19/12/2014 - 11:51

          USB-OTG (I'm guessing).

      • venomx2 on 18/12/2014 - 20:59
        +2

        Also noticed that the person has to manually switch on/off the device each time for use. Which could be annoying.

    • terrys on 18/12/2014 - 21:09

      It looks from reviews and other sites that it will dual-boot Win8.1/Android.

  • Kanasuke on 18/12/2014 - 13:11
    +5

    Quirky ballsy slogan they used for marketing this
    "I Come"

    http://des.gearbest.com/uploads/2014/201412/heditor/20141212…

    Not implicit at all :D

  • y12345678 on 18/12/2014 - 13:19
    +1

    can you install openELEC xbmc on the dongle?
    any remote power on/off solution?

    • Darkscythe on 18/12/2014 - 13:27
      +1

      No word on that yet but XBMC will run over the top of Windows without issue. Not sure about the remote on/off though.

    • venomx2 on 18/12/2014 - 17:18
      +1

      Looking at the video could be annoying to manually switch on/off the device each time for use.

      • y12345678 on 25/12/2014 - 16:09

        yeap, that's disappointed.

        If there is a decent remote on/off option, I'd like to buy this over intel nuc.

  • PLA74 on 18/12/2014 - 13:22
    +1

    Perfect for running Plex, XBMC and much more!

    • Roary on 18/12/2014 - 14:28

      IS it? I would expect this thing is not powerful enough for plex

      • Darkscythe on 18/12/2014 - 14:35

        Plex is relatively lightweight so with Hardware Decoding it should be fine.

      • bchliu on 18/12/2014 - 15:53
        +1

        Most lower spec Androids can run PLEX without an issue.. let alone a Baytrail (much more powerful)..

    • AlbyDuck on 18/12/2014 - 17:13
      +1

      I think you have to be a little bit careful in assuming from the specs that it will run xbmc/Kodi without issues and 'out of the box'. Fwiw, I searched the Kodi hardware forum and couldn't see this thing mentioned by name. I wouldn't mind having a play but I've wasted so much money on various cheap solutions that almost work but not quite, I'll think I'll wait this out until it's tested and proven.

  • Grok on 18/12/2014 - 13:32
    +4

    These sort of things could take over the HTPC market with a tiny upgrade or two.

  • TheStapler on 18/12/2014 - 13:33

    Will this be able to be steam streaming box?

    • mr kindface on 18/12/2014 - 13:56

      You don't need much to stream Steam, I reckon it could do it

    • scrimshaw on 18/12/2014 - 13:57
      +1

      I can stream steam fine on extremely old hardware. Like an Atom N270 (2008 era) on lousy 802.11g network. Steam streaming isn't that demanding.

      Just make sure the host pc has Ethernet and a fast processor.

    • Darkscythe on 18/12/2014 - 13:59

      I'd guess so as long as the bandwidth was high enough. My understanding of Steam streaming is that its basically a video stream, with controls being sent to the PC.

      • Unrvl on 18/12/2014 - 21:01
        +1

        ah brings back those memories of the, now dead, damnn what was that thing called where they found a way to stream games from powerful data centers around the world, to your TV with a special remote. PlayTV or something. i forgot the name but it had potential

        • doofus on 19/12/2014 - 22:30
          +1

          OnLive. It still exists, but I think it's still only available in certain parts of the USA (due to proximity to the data centres).

  • homersyd on 18/12/2014 - 13:33

    very cool indeeed. What they need is to make this thing into a phone (android + full windows). This would be the ultimate iphone killer!

    • Jackson on 18/12/2014 - 23:49
      +1

      The iPhone is already dead. The iPad is keeping it on life support

  • Skrop on 18/12/2014 - 13:43
    +4

    Might want to mention that it's in US dollars.

    I changed the currency to $AUD on the Gearbest site and applied the code at the checkout.

    All up it came to AUD$113.19 but it might be cheaper for people to do their own conversions depending on your bank.

    • Darkscythe on 18/12/2014 - 14:11
      +1

      Thanks for the note. Title fixed.

      • Skrop on 18/12/2014 - 14:29

        Hmm it turns out I payed around $122.09. For some reason Paypal decided to convert the AUD back to US and charged me that instead. Which then meant my bank had to convert it back to AUD and it cost me an extra $10 bucks. Not happy but it's not worth the hassle to chase up.

        • Darkscythe on 18/12/2014 - 14:36

          That's frustrating

  • Raynes on 18/12/2014 - 13:44

    This is amazing, but how well would full Windows run with an Atom processor and 2GB RAM?

    • jazoom on 18/12/2014 - 13:51
      +1

      You mean like most Windows tablets? Runs fine.

    • scrimshaw on 18/12/2014 - 13:52
      +3

      It's slow but completely fine for a lightweight media centre or Ms Office computer.

    • bchliu on 18/12/2014 - 15:54

      It runs pretty good actually. Dont expect it to out do an i7 anytime soon, but its zippy and usable for everyday jobs and multitasking. Hell, you can even play most games from about 3-4 years ago on it at pretty reasonable speeds.

      • c0balt on 18/12/2014 - 17:37
        +2

        http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-Bay-Trail.103…

        Might want to change 'can play most 3-4 year old games' as the specs show you definitely can't.

        The Intel 4000/5000 and Iris GPUs (such as the Surface Pro or MacBook Air lines) are much better and probably what you were mistaking in your post for the iGPU in BayTrail.

        Maybe some indie style games or emulators will work OK, but this thing would choke and splutter even in very low resolutions at the lowest of graphics settings, with the least demanding of 3D accelerated games of the last 5+ years.

        • bchliu on 18/12/2014 - 19:47

          I can play Test Drive Unlimited, Just Cause 2 etc out of the Toshiba Encore fine (same but slightly older chipset). Have a look at these videos using the Toshiba Encore to play
          Skyrim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWBJ6cB3wCg
          COD4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDXXvwHBv0
          Crysis (running on another model, same specs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryaNlslwOD0

          These oler games actually play fine at lower resolutions as you can see. The Baytrail graphics arent bad for an integrated solution.

        • c0balt on 19/12/2014 - 16:21
          -1

          @bchliu:

          He doesn't show what resolution he is running for Skyrim, not that it matters as the link I provided and the comments on the video you linked show that people are having trouble running above 15fps on the lowest possible settings at the lowest resolutions.

          15 fps is a slideshow. It's hard to tell on videos where a camera is filming a computer screen as the shutter angle (shutter speed/fps of the camera) makes it look fluid, when in real life 15fps would be unplayable.

          CoD4 came out in 2007, so it's 7+ years old. I believe that would run fine on the lowest settings.

          Crysis… surely you are not being serious? It would be worse than Skyrim.

          I stand by my statement and the raw specs + benchmarks that I linked to.

        • bchliu on 19/12/2014 - 19:42
          -1

          @c0balt:

          Try Modern Warfare 3 @2011:

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbRqFO86inY

          love your post. lose the argument and move the goal posts. Notice that I have referred in my previous post as "plays fine on lower resolutions". This chip was never made to be an i7 or your next custom gaming box but it will play the older games as I have stated and proved. Whether it plays it acceptably in comparison with the latest Alienware boxes at 4k reolutíons is entirely subjective.

          does it load? yes
          does it display the graphics and sound? yes
          does it play? yes
          does it run at what you expect it to? depends on the individual

          A Hyundai Accent may never beat a Lamborghini. But it still a car and can still take you from A to B.

        • c0balt on 19/12/2014 - 23:21
          -1

          @bchliu:

          You: "you can even play most games from about 3-4 years ago on it at pretty reasonable speeds."

          Then you say I moved the goal posts, what a joke as it was you that said 'reasonable speeds'. Also buddy, your links are from cameras recording a tablet screen. You can't tell jack from that for the reasons I specified.

          Enjoy your <15fps at 800x600 lowest settings pushed by the lowest end iGPU ever created with a 4 pixel pipelines, yes 4. It might be OK to your undiscerning eye on a low end tablet like yours, but as soon as you push that on an HDTV then even you would go "nah, not gonna even try gaming on this".

          It's significantly worse than the GPUs in phones, but then it's designed to be dirt cheap but still being able to provide a tiny bit of 3d capabilities.

          To give your advice to others that the BayTrail iGPU can play games of the last 3-4 years is just insidious. I don't know why you would say what you are saying.

          The numbers are there in my first link, there's no numbers in your youtube videos, just potato quality videos of a screen and your own subjective opinion.

          Subjective opinion loses out to hard numbers, which again are all in the first link I posted.

        • bchliu on 20/12/2014 - 08:25
          -1

          @c0balt:
          Put it all into perspective: We are talking about something only slightly bigger than a USB MEMORY STICK that plugs into the back of a TV that cost 100 bucks. You really expect it to match a 3-4 year old PC that is at least 20x its size? You'll be a greater fool to think otherwise.

          It plays games for what it is. Some people with lower end PC's do play 20-15 FPS on 800x600 (especially on all of the older laptops and Macbooks). "Its significantly worse than GPU's in phones" - well, that is arguable since a lot of benchmark results have them on par at a minimum. The main difference is - you cannot run Skyrim or COD on your phone because it is an ARM chip running a different platform. This device however, means you can and it does play if you go down that path.

        • c0balt on 20/12/2014 - 17:22

          @bchliu:

          Then don't say it can run 3-4 year old games at reasonable speeds, because it can't, and you finally admit it.

          I'm well aware of what this is, if you look down below there's another numpty saying it's the lowest power garbage and a waste of money. So the opposite of what you are saying.

          The truth is that it's in the middle, and that's the correct advice that people should be given. Not that it's capable of gaming, and not that it's a worthless piece of junk, but somewhere in the middle.

  • ilikeit on 18/12/2014 - 13:49
    +2

    i like it.

  • Forfiet on 18/12/2014 - 14:10
    +2

    definitely keeping an eye on these(even if I don't need it) Just want it slightly cheaper, like a straight 100 and from somewhere better than gearbest :)

  • Kaboda on 18/12/2014 - 14:26

    Tempted to buy this but I got a toshiba encore with hdmi out so I've resisted :(

  • Whatisthatvelvet on 18/12/2014 - 14:39

    Could be interested in this

  • [Deactivated] on 18/12/2014 - 14:41
    +1

    Can it run headless?

  • octleons on 18/12/2014 - 14:49

    Any ideas if it allows booting from USB to install other OSs?

  • tomwood on 18/12/2014 - 14:54
    +2

    How interesting. What type of power supply does it use?

    • Kikkoman56 on 18/12/2014 - 15:24
      +2

      From the video it seems like its just powered by a AC-Micro USB adapter, plus the chip gets decent battery life relative to other tablets of comparable battery size so I'd imagine its nothing too extreme.

      You could potentially turn this into a ghetto 11.6" Laptop with an old Atrix Lapdock
      http://fortysomethinggeek.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/cheap-port…
      Just plug the stick in with an adapter and power the stick with the inbuilt Lapdock battery.

    • Darkscythe on 18/12/2014 - 15:25

      5V 2A via a micro USB port

      • tommy-darko on 18/12/2014 - 15:45
        -1

        You can just power it using your TV's USB port.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vPQLiNRviE

      • Nozokyo on 19/12/2014 - 09:06

        Is this correct?
        Most USB charge power adaptors supply 0.5A ~ 1A don't they?
        Where can one find a USB power adaptor to supply 2A ?

        • jlogic on 19/12/2014 - 23:56

          An Apple one. Mine supplies 2.4A.

  • Tangenyahu on 18/12/2014 - 15:26

    Is there any reason this would not be able to support Foxtel go?

    • jackary on 18/12/2014 - 16:49
      +1

      Can't see why not

  • batrarobin on 18/12/2014 - 15:50

    Looks awesomely great!

  • c0balt on 18/12/2014 - 16:07

    Could something like this be a decent low power NAS?

    I have a few 2TB 2.5" USB drives and if I could get decent read/write speeds over wifi (at least better than the ~10MB/s I get from my TP Link W8980), then this could be really good for me.

    It could be both a NAS and a HTPC for me in one tiny package for a good price if it can read and write fast enough to USB drives.

    • batrarobin on 18/12/2014 - 20:53

      Yes it can do that.

  • UnciasDream on 18/12/2014 - 16:26
    +1

    Anyone think it'll have Dual band wireless? Haven't got high hopes.

    • xenon on 18/12/2014 - 19:46

      Nope only b/g/n according to the specs.

  • tommy-darko on 18/12/2014 - 16:37
    +1

    So many possibilities for this thing and so much potential with future enhancements. Connected to an external HDD either via USB port or remotely over WIFI, the possibilities are endless. Mini media player, torrent download server, emulator gaming (Super Nintendo, perhaps even N64 at low res) with a wireless XBOX 360 controller/receiver. Limited only by the amount of inputs but would be able to use a USB hub or splitter no doubt.

  • CandyMan on 18/12/2014 - 17:40

    Looks too good to be true

    • c0balt on 18/12/2014 - 17:44
      +18

      You don't floss your teeth with toilet paper do you? Then don't compare an Atom to the top of the line desktop CPUs. Horses for courses.

      You don't know what this device is, or what your are comparing it to.

      • [Deactivated] on 18/12/2014 - 17:52
        +7

        Hehehe best comment of the week.

      • Registered3D on 19/12/2014 - 12:19
        -2

        This is claimed as "Mini PC" so it may be compared to a PC.
        And any 7-year old PC will outdo it.
        But $100 is a bargain, right? And it's small. OK. Buy it.
        Then try to browse the Internet using it.
        You din't have an Atom netbook? This is your chance.
        Or maybe you'll be using this as a torrent server? With a USB 2.0 interface to a hard drive, sure!
        Then you'll share the content with Wifi n! Awesome!
        Or maybe you'll play it right from the device?
        Pray than DXVA on it's video will work good enough, because it it won't - Atom won't handle a decent video.

        So I agree with you, you can buy it and play with it for about one week.
        Then you'll realize that the right place for this is somewhere near your toilet paper.

        • [Deactivated] on 19/12/2014 - 14:42

          Best comeback of the week!

        • c0balt on 19/12/2014 - 23:35
          +1

          Go ahead then, hook up that 7 year old PC to the back of your 32" TCL bargain bin TV. Oh, it's twice the size of the TV and the fan noise means you have to put the volume to near distorted levels to hear it over the fans? Damn! Guess that 7 year old PC doesn't really belong on the TV stand.

          Oh yeah, that 7 year old PC uses ~300w compared to the <5w this would use. That's if it has a dedicated GPU to handle modern codecs with HW playback. So enjoy your potentially hundreds of dollars wasted on electricity bills per year in addition to the cumbersome nature of HTPC setups. This HTPC stick uses about the same power as a modern phone charger, not more than 2a at 5v.

          BayTrail iGPU plays high bitrate .264 fine (about the most resource intensive codec out there at the moment), and flash video well also. So all that DXVA content will play fine as there is HW playback support with the BayTrail iGPU. Find me one source that says it doesn't before you make such a BS unsubstantiated claim.

          But yeah, keep dissing the Atom for a mini HTPC setup and tell us more about how we need an i7 with quad Titan Blacks and 2000w PSU for our HTPC setups - because no one else will.

          Like a leaky cup, you hold no water.

          http://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1m723t/intels_bay_…

        • XeKToReX on 20/12/2014 - 03:27
          +2

          Anyone find a deal on popcorn?

  • xenon on 18/12/2014 - 19:38
    -6

    Not a deal. These are at dx.com for $99 and aliexpress for $99. (free shipping)

    • mr kindface on 18/12/2014 - 19:43
      +2

      since when is 99 less than 96?

      • xenon on 18/12/2014 - 19:44
        +1

        By all means save just 3 USD with no indication of when the product will even ship :)

        Edit: this seems more like a post to get people onto the poster's blog. He doesn't even have a device to test himself. Just advertisitng it.

        • [Deactivated] on 18/12/2014 - 19:52

          Looks like presale and $109.99 at DX?

        • Forfiet on 18/12/2014 - 20:38

          @shaunpud: yeah I checked earlier, would like to find this "$99" price at dx…..

  • b00gie on 18/12/2014 - 19:56
    +1

    omg this is awesome

    hoping to run utorrent on it, and have a 64gb microsd for media files

  • tommy-darko on 18/12/2014 - 20:30

    Worth waiting for a price drop and/or the next version? Or is this about as good as it gets in terms of small form factor PC's?

    • mr kindface on 18/12/2014 - 20:32
      +5

      There will be a massive influx of these, and considering you can get a windows tablet for <$90, the prices should drop

      • Diji1 on 19/12/2014 - 00:45

        Yeah but every Windows tablet under $90 is horrifically underpowered for a Windows device …

  • hilariouspowerr on 18/12/2014 - 22:56

    The links before liked so cool! So this thing plugs into a screen, most likely a TV and becomes an instant pc? And it can also run android? So basically it turns a TV into a pc/android tablet?

  • tomokaicho on 18/12/2014 - 23:01

    Not sure about the 2gb RAM for Windows 8. I have a tablet with that and the 2gb RAM is definitely the bottleneck on the performance.

    Any 4gb option? Or even a DIY upgrade?

    • hilariouspowerr on 18/12/2014 - 23:04

      I have a windows 8.1 tablet with 2gb ram and it works fine, smooth as.

      • tomokaicho on 18/12/2014 - 23:12

        Depends on what you are used to, I suppose. My other computer is a Republic of Gamers laptop, with 32GB of RAM (I play games on radmisk… Incredible).

        I am sure that going from two to four gigabytes entails a rather large performance increase, especially for multitasking.

        • hilariouspowerr on 18/12/2014 - 23:19

          Woow 32 gb of ram! Respect.

        • tommy-darko on 19/12/2014 - 01:09

          Then again, this isn't intended for high end performance, more basic tasks like playing movies and music, a small low profile torrent server to download files to an external HDD, web browsing and streaming online content, youtube and maybe some old school gaming such as Nintendo and Sega emulation, Scummvm, that sort of thing on a high end large scale display.

        • tomokaicho on 19/12/2014 - 01:52

          @tommy-darko:

          I am thinking this could easily replace the 'school laptops' boondoggle that we see every few years.

        • tommy-darko on 19/12/2014 - 02:24

          True, I like where this technology is headed, though. Hopefully in the not too distant future we will get one with a Quad Core i7 CPU and 4K video capability. Well, can only hope I suppose.

        • noz on 19/12/2014 - 07:02

          I have to agree that a jump from 2GB to 4GB would be a significant boost. 2GB leaves little after the OS takes its share. Whereas with 4GB you can do much much more. I have used a Win8 PC with 2GB and 4GB RAM, and the performance difference is day and night. But I have to say, I like where this stuff is heading. An x64/x32 Windows PC in a small stick for $100 .. who would have ever thought a few years ago.

    • psdillon on 19/12/2014 - 20:33

      Those particular atom processors don't support more than 2GB RAM. Also I thought I read somewhere about the Windows 8 licence costing more if RAM is greater than 2GB, but I'm not able to verify.

  • Nozokyo on 19/12/2014 - 08:21

    Can this device be made to boot from USB, to run or install Linux?
    Does the display, audio etc. need any special hardware device drivers?

    • terrys on 19/12/2014 - 09:00

      The output is HDMI so doesn't need any special drivers. Windows 8 seems to have moved on from the ridiculous behaviour of earlier versions where it would sit and slowly hunt out a separate named driver for each new bog-standard USB memory stick or HDMI monitor:-/

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