Computer-on-a-stick

By James Kendrick | Monday, July 25, 2005 | 11:47 AM CT | 4 comments | Tweet This

I have written about a bunch of products that come in a stick form, after all what is more mobile than something the size of a stick? The Computer-On-a-Stick from Fingergear carries the tradition forward by putting an onboard operating system and a full suite of Microsoft Office compatible applications on a USB flash drive. Throw in Firefox for web browsing, Evolution for email and instant messaging and you have a, wait for it, computer on a stick. Capacities available range from 256 MB to 8 GB with pricing starting at $149. Clever

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Comments (4)

Actually it sounds more like a joke we had when I was in Boy Scouts about “Freeze Dried Water In a Cup, just add water!”

Computer on a stick, just add computer.

If Microsoft did this I wonder if it would come with a label: “Don’t make illegal copies of this stick.”.

Scotty — 7:02 AM on July 25, 2005 Reply
Firefox: http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/

Chat: http://www.trilliananywhere.com/

Don’t know about Evolution, but how about Thunderbird? http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_thunderbird/

treocast — 10:10 AM on July 25, 2005 Reply
It’s an interesting idea…curious if anyone has hands-on experience with the gizmo.

Also, I’ve not been able to find a version higher than 256mb on their website, jk…I’m wondering where you saw the 8gb version.

thanks for the heads up.

michael parekh — 7:46 AM on July 26, 2005 Reply
Or this one, includes qemu meaning you can “boot” gnu/linux from within windows, mac or gnu/linux.
PVPM The Portable Virtual Privacy Machine
http://pvpm.metropipe.net/

Robin — 12:43 PM on July 26, 2005 Reply