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Imagine a personal computer you can put inside your wallet, say something that looks like a flash drive, and  use as a PC anytime, anywhere--whether you are at home, school or in the office . A device that serves as a second companion when your laptop is not close by. That would be great right?

World's largest maker of personal computers, Lenovo, has showed off its ideacenter Stick 300 that puts personal computing in the palm of your hand. The pocket-sized-PC that  looks like a regular USB stick turns any TV or  computer monitor that has an HDMI port into a working windows-powered computer.

Once plugged in, You can then use the  pocket-sized  Stick 300 to browse the web, video chat with your friends and loved ones,play games, stream movies etc. You could even add a 2.4Ghz wireless keyboard and mouse for typing to make it perform like a PC entirely.
The Lenovo Ideacentre Stick 300 mini PC uses an Intel Atom™ Processor Z3735F, 2GB of RAM and 32G of internal storage. It also has a MicroSD card slot, speak and a MicroUSB port which will be required to be connected to a power source.

 It is fully equipped with wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, and will come on stream with Microsoft's Windows 8.1 operating system on board. Although Lenovo says its magic USB Stick will be available for a free upgrade to Windows 10 starting on July 29.Lenovo Stick will cost $130 apiece when it goes on sale online via the company's website and brick-and-mortar stores in  the United States come July

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