[Android Stick & Console Intel based Computers] blinkone:
Hi guys & girls here's my review on the Ainol Windows 8.1 Mini pc.

Iv had this little beauty a wile now & im very pleased with it, Great overall quality a really nice looking Mini pc.

Windows 8.1 mini pc Mod Edit: Selling site link removed.

Windows is activated (Not a trial)

The Ainol windows 8.1 mini pc has an modern looking aluminum case witch doubles a great heatsink (No modding required) and measures 15cm x 10.5cm x 1.4cm and weighs about 12 ounces.

The device looks & feels like its of high end quality and is very well made "That well made i cant open it up as of yet" but as soon as i find a way into it i will upload some photos of the guts. This rely feels like a premium device.

The front of the device has a small power button two full sized usb ports & a star shaped power indecator light,On the rear of the device we have a mini USB 3 port,a micro SD card slot,Mini HDMI output port,a 3.5mm head phone jack port & a 5v DC power port.

In brief

Ainol Windows 8.1 Mini PC TV Box uses a 64 bit Intel Bay Trail-T Z3735D quad core CPU, pre-installed with Windows 8.1 operating system, with 2GB DDR3L RAM and 32GB Emmc ROM, supports Bluetooth 4.0 and wifi. It comes with a USB 3.0 interface and two standard USB 2.0 interfaces. This Mini PC is also a power bank with a 7000mAh battery and can charge for other mobile devices.

Setup

The first thing i did when i got the ainol was to create a backup recovery to a USB stick using this guide for the pipo (Thanks go to Bob for putting this guide together)

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?22092-First-thing-you-should-do-with-the-Pipo-X7

I then let windows do its thing & update everything after several restarts more updates & 3 hours latter i was ready for the next step.

One thing I will say is for some reason the windows updating processing screen is in Chinese:face

Then i made a system image backup by following the above guide guide (step3)

I also midified the boot.wim using this guide so my recovery was in english

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?22176-English-Language-Recovery-USB-Disk

After i had done all the above it was time to start playing,When it was fully charged to 100% i upplugged the power lead & iv played some films from a external HD powered by the ainol for just over 6.5 hours now & the battery is at 19%.The ainol is not even warm & I mean no heat at all thats using no external power surply just the built in battery.

Also iv just Installed kodi this runs great (IMO kodi runs better on windows than android)Easy to install & does what it should.

Below screen shot shows CPU temps after almost 3.5 hours of using kodi web streaming

Wifi speed test

Pc wifi download speed test 12 feet from router

Ainol wifi download speed test 12 feet from router

As you can see the download speed seams to drop on the Ainol more or less straight way I don't no whats coursing this maybe some interference from some other devices I have running.

Quick facts

Boot time is 12 seconds

shut down is 3 seconds

logitech c270 webcam works

64GB micro SD works

128GB usb Stick works

Samsung 1TB un powered HD works fine using just the ainol battery

I use an app on my android phone called unified remote to controll my ainol its very simply to use it has mouse & keybored input i highly recomend trying it

https://www.unifiedremote.com/

Ainol Mini PC TV Box specifications:

OS: Windows 8.1

CPU: Intel Baytrail Z3735D quad core, X86

GPU: Intel HD Graphics

RAM: 2GB DDR3L

ROM: 32GB eMMC

Card Extended: Yes, support TF card up to 128GB

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0

WiFi: 802.11b/g/n

G-sensor: 3-axis G-sensor

USB: USB 3.0 and USB 2.0

HDMI: Micro HDMI 1.4

OTG: Supports exfat, NTFS, Fat32 USB - OTG devices

Battery: 7000mAh, can be used as a power bank

Power: DC input 5V, 2500mAh; output 800mAh max

Earphone Interface: 3.5mm

Language: English,Chinese etc.

Video: up to 1080P, AVI, 3GP, MP4, MKV, MOV, MPG, VOB

Audio Formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, AAC, APE, MP2, AMR etc

Image Formats: JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF

Ports

1 x USB 3.0 (Micro)

2 x USB 2.0

1 x Earphone jack

1 x Micro HDMI Port

1 x TF Card Slot

1 x DC Port

What's in the package

1 x Ainol mini TV Box

1 x Charger Adaptor

1 x HDMI Cable

1 x Manuel

1 x Warranty Card

Unboxing Video

Sorry about the quality I was in a rush to try this baby out + im not a big fan of unboxing video's but I no some are so here it is.

View My Video

I got mine from Mod Edit: Selling site link removed.