I've had it for about a week. Based on other reviews, I had reasonably high expectations from this stick. I have to say, it met those and then some.I usually have a need to work on 2 computers at the same time. 1 is on a secure network, the other is not. My previous option used to be to switch between the desktop (secure) and a laptop. Pretty inconvenient. Now I have this PC stick connected to the same monitor, and I share my wired keyboard and mouse between the two machines as well. (I bought plugable switch
  
Plugable USB 2.0 Switch for One-Button Swapping of USB Device/Hub Between Two Computers (A/B switch)







  
  
    , amazon basics hub
  
AmazonBasics 4-Port USB 2.0 Ultra-Mini Hub







  
  
    and an HDMI to DVI cable
  
BlueRigger High Speed HDMI to DVI Adapter Cable (3 Feet/ 1 Meters)







  
  
    to make my setup seamless. My monitor only takes VGA and DVI).Anyway, coming back to the stick, my primary need for it was (in addition to simple browsing) the need to run some fairly data intensive scripts.The processing time is less relevant for me, as long as my process doesn't crash on me.So, I ran a VBA script on it that fetches intraday stock prices from Google api for all S&P 500 stocks and stores them into an access database (after doing some basic cleanup). In total there were about 370k rows of data. This Quantum stick ran my process in 6 minutes 35 seconds. Out of curiosity I ran the same exact process on another computer (intel i5 650 quadcore, 8GB ram, wired internet connection, 64 bit OS). That one took 4 minutes 42 seconds.Of course the stick was slower, but it still exceeded my expectations and handled the whole process very gracefully. I even touched it to feel the temperature. It was warm, but nothing that would cause me any concern. I later ran the same process again, over more trading days. Total of about 3 million rows of data - it took 31 minutes.This mini PC stick is not a mini experience at all. It is a full fledged desktop experience. In fact if I was working on a keyboard and monitor and nobody told me what kind of a machine (stick or your usual tower) is powering it, I wouldn't be able to tell you the difference. Again, I have not tested it on any graphic heavy applications or games, but for my purpose this is an absolute darling.Oh BTW, since I needed something small and portable, I had narrowed my search down to this stick and the Quantum Byte mini PC. They both have very similar configurations, but I chose the stick because of smaller size (and price). Am I glad that I did !