💻 Kangaroo Plus Mini PC with Intel Atom x5 Z8500, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, Finger Print Reader, and Windows 10 Pro Review

I like this computer. I have 2 of the 2GB RAM 32GB HD I bought 5 years ago for the same price as this 4GB 64GB HD. And this one comes with Windows 10 Pro and the other one comes with Windows 10 Home. I believe the main difference is that the Pro comes with Bitlocker device encryption. I ended up double booting Linux Mint with this Windows 10 after disabling device encryption. Windows 10 definitely requires at least 4GB of RAM. That's a good value. And it's compact. Definitely happy with my…

This little computer just overheats and freezes, even with no load. It shares the same thermal management issue as its Kangaroo PC predecessor. I thought it would be solved on Kagaroo Plus, but it isn't. I suspect they are doing some magic on Windows to make it crash and work, but even with the lightest Ubuntu running off a live USB device that just sits idle, it gets very hot and eventually turns off due to the temperature control off. I bought a BMAX fanless PC and it works great with the…

Kangaroo is back? I thought it was discontinued and availability was zero for so long. Perhaps the growing popularity of mini PCs changed Infocus's mind and revived it. What I like? It's elegant. It looks more like a smartphone than a mini PC. It would be a great Windows smartphone if it had a screen. It's wearable. Has its own battery. Nice. What I do not like? Storage. You can add only one SD card to get more storage space. Memory is not a consumable item. It's really slow. However, I found a