Now Intel has another way to keep that USB port free: you can use Intel’s Remote Keyboard app to turn your Android phone or tablet as a wireless keyboard for your Compute Stick.

Intel has tossed out the barebones Realtek Wi-Fi and Bluetooth adapter in favor of its own homegrown Intel 7265 802.11ac adapter, which takes the Wi-Fi from “technically capable of connecting to ...

If your Bluetooth keyboard will not pair with your computer, even though the keyboard normally connects, the first thing to do is replace the batteries in the keyboard. If your keyboard uses ...

For my home setup, I opted to connect a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to the Compute Stick, and by using a WiFi printer, I found that I didn’t really need to plug anything into the USB ports.

Intel’s new Compute Stick, available for about $150 with Windows 8.1 and $110 with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, takes the mini desktop concept about as far as it can go.

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I was also able to add a Microsoft Bluetooth keyboard and mouse ... The AC adapter for the Intel Computer Stick is on the large side, but it does include 2 out of 3 of those USB 3.0 ports.

Revealed at CES 2015, the $149 Intel Compute Stick is a Windows 8.1 computer in the slim body of an HDMI 1.4a dongle media streamer, like the Chromecast or Amazon Fire TV Stick.

At worst, you’ll need to tote a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse with you. Update: ... The Intel Compute Stick on the other hand is just as portable, even a little smaller.

The Intel Compute Stick, above everything else, is a failure of expectations. Intel’s website claims that “it’s ready to get to work or have some fun, right out of the box.” Not so much.