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Raspberry Pi = New Gen of Small Cabs?
kahlid74:
I'll be getting one to test and play with but I think from an emulation standpoint the fanless systems currently out now (Mini-ITX) will still be superior.
My problem with the Raspberry Pi is how much it can truly handle. I'd like to play with it as a SAN/NAS and push it's data backbone.
404:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 29, 2012, 03:08:25 pm ---And from glancing at their forums it's $60 if you're in the US, not $25. And it's the first week of May before it'll show up.
It may be a little too early to call "scam" on this but this product has gotten to the point where we DO NOT NEED constant updates, teasers, posts about flying to China and personally boxing the things. They're going to sell out the instant they're available, so why all the BS? I've been skeptical from the beginning and they've done nothing to alleviate that.
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No. It already has an official set price of $35 dollars from the authorized resellers. 10 dollars more than originally expected. That includes a profit margin plus a portion going back into the raspi foundation.
http://www.alliedelec.com/RaspberryPi/
This is nowhere near the first ARM based PC kit to go on the market. There are tons of them out there. Only problem is, none of them are anywhere near as cheap. Cheapest one i've seen so far is probably the BeagleBoard Bone which goes for about 90 dollars.
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on March 01, 2012, 09:47:17 am ---I'll be getting one to test and play with but I think from an emulation standpoint the fanless systems currently out now (Mini-ITX) will still be superior.
My problem with the Raspberry Pi is how much it can truly handle. I'd like to play with it as a SAN/NAS and push it's data backbone.
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It's way too early to tell. We still need a mature linux distro and dependencies such as SDL fully working and ported in order to even begin working on emulation. the XBMC guys already have a working prototype of XBMC running on the pi. That in itself should alleviate having to port quite a few basic libraries to the device.
buying a device just for XBMC is well worth the mere $35 price tag considering many media players with less features are going for anywhere between $75-$200+ dollars.
404:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on March 01, 2012, 03:18:03 pm ---You didn't look at the forums, did you? ;D
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Their forums are down and distributors have already put up prices on their page.
kahlid74:
--- Quote from: 404 on March 01, 2012, 03:12:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on March 01, 2012, 09:47:17 am ---I'll be getting one to test and play with but I think from an emulation standpoint the fanless systems currently out now (Mini-ITX) will still be superior.
My problem with the Raspberry Pi is how much it can truly handle. I'd like to play with it as a SAN/NAS and push it's data backbone.
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It's way too early to tell. We still need a mature linux distro and dependencies such as SDL fully working and ported in order to even begin working on emulation. the XBMC guys already have a working prototype of XBMC running on the pi. That in itself should alleviate having to port quite a few basic libraries to the device.
buying a device just for XBMC is well worth the mere $35 price tag considering many media players with less features are going for anywhere between $75-$200+ dollars.
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How well does XBMC work? I've seen ATOMs rock at XBMC and other Atoms fail wonderfully. My experience with Media Center PC's is that even if the specs are the same, no two computers run video the same.
404:
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on March 02, 2012, 09:13:27 am ---
--- Quote from: 404 on March 01, 2012, 03:12:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on March 01, 2012, 09:47:17 am ---I'll be getting one to test and play with but I think from an emulation standpoint the fanless systems currently out now (Mini-ITX) will still be superior.
My problem with the Raspberry Pi is how much it can truly handle. I'd like to play with it as a SAN/NAS and push it's data backbone.
--- End quote ---
It's way too early to tell. We still need a mature linux distro and dependencies such as SDL fully working and ported in order to even begin working on emulation. the XBMC guys already have a working prototype of XBMC running on the pi. That in itself should alleviate having to port quite a few basic libraries to the device.
buying a device just for XBMC is well worth the mere $35 price tag considering many media players with less features are going for anywhere between $75-$200+ dollars.
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How well does XBMC work? I've seen ATOMs rock at XBMC and other Atoms fail wonderfully. My experience with Media Center PC's is that even if the specs are the same, no two computers run video the same.
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