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JDFan:
Was looking at Newegg today and saw this new Windows 10 mini PC (Kangaroo Mobile desktop) that looks interesting and was wondering if any one had any idea if it would run Mame decently ( seems to have better specs than the Pi and runs a full win10 OS so could use regular pc versions of MAME) - so seems interesting for the $99 Price point it seems to include just about everything that would be needed for an emulator (unlike the PI that needs several add ons )


LINK :  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883722001

DudeRegular:
I threw that up for another guy in his emulator thread too. I think it looks really cool. It has to be a better solution than all the rpi stuff. Nothing wrong with those, but this thing has pretty nice specs way beyond the 99 bucks they are asking for it in my opinion. Low stock clock speed but it turbos up over 2.2GHz. It probably won't run some of the more demanding MAME stuff like Blitz or Gauntlet Legends, but most stuff should be fine. My kid's bartop is running an old c2d laptop at 1.6 GHz I think and is good.

This thing would probably be great for all the bartop builders doing lcd builds too.

JDFan:
That's what I was thinking. the  Atom X5-Z8500 seems to have some pretty good specs (though haven't seen any actual performance reviews yet) and it comes with a full version of Win10 home not the cut down version that was designed for the pi that is mising some parts of the OS. Only bad part is the 2GB of ram and 32 GB. eMMC SSD are soldered to the MOBO so no expansion on them (though it has a USB 3.0 port on the dock so an external SSD or HDD could be added) and not really a fan of the Intel chipset graphics but even they have improved over the last few years. Looks like it just released a few days ago and is currently OOS at Newegg, so guess we'll have to wait for awhile to get actual reviews but seems it would be a good alternative to the ArcadeSD @ $325 which is still limited in the games it actually runs - since this runs Windows 10 it should be able to load any of the current front ends and run MAME just wonder where the performance cut off will be for running some of the games.  :cheers:

nitrogen_widget:
roughly 3"x5"x.5".

that is tiny & looks more attractive for a peripheral standpoint than the intel stick computers.

pbj:
Pretty cool, but it's going to need the same thing all these other devices need - someone developing mature software for it.  I've already got a drawer full of similar devices collecting dust because I have no use for them.  At this rate, I'm going to be running that damned Xbox with CoinOps until I die.

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