The main place I wanted a small PC is in my entertainment stand.
I tried using such a PC in my living room as a media console. My plan was to use steam's 'Big Picture Mode's along with an Xbox controller to give a console like experience.
Instead of buying console games, I would get access to my extensive steam library. Games not on steam can be manually added to the steam launcher.
In practice, I ran into enough problems to abandon the idea. The controller experience didn't have enough support. A Bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo helped but eventually I just went back to using a Chromecast.
I tried using such a PC in my living room as a media console. My plan was to use steam's 'Big Picture Mode's along with an Xbox controller to give a console like experience.
Instead of buying console games, I would get access to my extensive steam library. Games not on steam can be manually added to the steam launcher.
In practice, I ran into enough problems to abandon the idea. The controller experience didn't have enough support. A Bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo helped but eventually I just went back to using a Chromecast.