I found my perfect HTPC

I was walking through town, I had a bit of time to kill so I walked into a tech shop and I saw a small kathing called a HP Pavillion Mini and it is a complete PC that one can upgrade however is expensive for no good reason even on ebay. However on reading its reviews, I discovered it has a lesser specced sibling called the Stream Mini, I’ll paste the specs below.

Good thing is it’s completely upgradeable. There’s space for a 2.5" SATA HD, runs on Windows therefore I can load Kodi on it, some few games for when the nephews visit and I can use it as backup for my other machines

Supported Operating Systems
Operating system

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[li]Windows 8.1 64[/li][/ul]

Processor
Processor family

[ul]
[li]Intel® Celeron® processor[/li][/ul]

Processor
[ul]
[li]Intel® Celeron® 2957U with Intel HD Graphics (1.4 GHz, 2 MB cache, 2 cores)[/li][/ul]

Memory
Memory, standard

[ul]
[li]2 GB 1600 MHz DDR3L (1 x 2 GB)[/li][/ul]

Memory slots
[ul]
[li]2 SODIMM[/li][/ul]

Memory, maximum
[ul]
[li]Upgradeable to 16 GB[/li][/ul]

Drives
Hard drive description

[ul]
[li]32 GB SATA SSD[/li][/ul]

Graphic Subsystem
Graphics

[ul]
[li]Intel HD Graphics[/li][/ul]

Multimedia and Input Devices
Memory card device

[ul]
[li]3-in-1 memory card reader[/li][/ul]

Input devices
Keyboard

[ul]
[li]USB keyboard with volume control[/li][/ul]

Pointing device
[ul]
[li]USB optical mouse[/li][/ul]

Connectivity and Communications
Network interface

[ul]
[li]Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN[/li][/ul]

Wireless
[ul]
[li]802.11b/g/n (1x1) and Bluetooth® 4.0 combo[/li][/ul]

Ports
[ul]
[li]4 USB 3.0[/li]1 headphone/microphone combo
[/ul]

Video connectors
[ul]
[li]1 HDMI[/li]1 DisplayPort
[/ul]

Battery and Power
Power supply type

[ul]
[li]45 W external active PFC AC power adapter[/li][/ul]

Weights
Weight

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[li]0.65 kg[/li][/ul]

Dimensions
Minimum dimensions (W x D x H)

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[li]14.49 x 14.57 x 5.23 cm[/li][/ul]

Software and Applications
Software included

[ul]
[li]McAfee LiveSafe™[/li][/ul]

Pre-installed software
[ul]
[li]CyberLink PhotoDirector[/li]CyberLink Media Suite
CyberLink Power2Go
WildTangent Games for HP
7-Zip
Dropbox
Evernote
TripAdvisor
Bing
[/ul]

HP apps
[ul]
[li]HP SimplePass[/li]HP Support Assistant
HP Documentation
HP Connected Photo
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Mbeca cigana?

$203
http://m.ebay.com/itm/HP-Intel-Celeron-2-GB-RAM-32-GB-SSD-Stream-Mini-Desktop-/111808685987?_trkparms=aid%253D222007%2526algo%253DSIC.MBE%2526ao%253D1%2526asc%253D20150519202348%2526meid%253D501929af85a14872a24d0acab6c71662%2526pid%253D100408%2526rk%253D5%2526rkt%253D17%2526sd%253D111819371792&_trksid=p2056116.c100408.m2460

Does it have an IR port?

Sadly no

Practical use?

Remote.

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