A few vendors (notably, Azulle) still make them, though. You can still find them on the market, but they have failed to have a major impact. These are really only suitable for display/signage use or extremely basic applications, and after a promising debut a few years back, have not seen all that much evolution or momentum. The very smallest PCs might be termed the 'stick class,' vanguarded by the Atom-CPU-powered Intel Compute Stick we first reviewed in early 2015 (and again in its refreshed, Cherry Trail Atom and Core m3 forms in 2016), followed by similar sticks from Asus, Azulle, Lenovo, and others. Mini PCs: How to Define Degrees of 'Small'Īs a result, we're seeing some clear stratification in the market for tiny desktop PCs. You need to leave some space for ports to plug in a thing or two.

Nowadays, small-ification is getting to the point where you can't go all that much smaller.