Bsumpter at MiniNoteUser wrote up an excellent tutorial for installing XP on a Mini-Note, and EeeGuides has a great walkthrough for installing XP on an Eee PC using a flash drive.

As I discovered when I tested the Windows version of the Compute Stick earlier this year, you can load Ubuntu on a microSD card (or USB flash drive) and get it to boot on the PC-on-a-stick.

If your Mini PC hardware isn't very powerful or is on the older side, there are several excellent lightweight distros, many of which are based on Ubuntu, that you can consider as alternatives.

How to Install a Memory Stick in Dell Laptop. Dell laptops are popular with small businesses. They use two methods of storing data: the hard drive, which holds the data stored to it even after the ...

Kangaroo Plus pocket PC one-ups Compute Stick with twice the RAM, storage It's a decent deal at $170, though it doesn't include an operating system.