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Raspberry Pi vs a 60 in 1 for a Cocktail Cabinet
Maximus:
The front end is definitely the weak point at the moment for sure. As for the launching and startup tgat is easy enough. Ill be interesred to see what kind of performance we get from the 1.6Ghz quad chip as you are right about the code optimizations.
Although also remember we are looking for something simply more versatile than the 60-in-1 solutions at a similar price point.
Maximus:
Also unless you are planning to run linux on an x86 setup lets please not pretend Windows is free when we are trying to do like for like comparisons. Even an OEM copy of XP runs $120 so its a significant cost that shouldn't be ignored in a shootout
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: Maximus on June 15, 2013, 11:39:14 pm ---Also unless you are planning to run linux on an x86 setup lets please not pretend Windows is free when we are trying to do like for like comparisons. Even an OEM copy of XP runs $120 so its a significant cost that shouldn't be ignored in a shootout
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If you are trying to compete with the Pi then you don't need windows at all, FreeDos or a dos start disc will more than handle it since dosmame was developed for a hell of a lot longer than the 1998 era mame that was ported to the pi.
Also, basically every complete system sold in America comes with windows preloaded. An OEM copy of XP might cost $120, however you can purchase good used windows XP computers for well under $100. I spent all of 60 seconds browsing craigslist and I found XP systems cheaper than a pi that can run 95 percent of the mame catalog at full speed.
If you really think the Pi is good for mame then you are deluding yourself. I get tons of crap here for suggesting that mame .55 is a good emulator, while the mame .35 mame 4 all the pi runs is about 20 releases earlier than that.
Maximus:
That's good to know I'm definitely interested in anything that can get rid of the Windows resource hogging monster
DHTech:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 16, 2013, 12:02:40 am ---
If you really think the Pi is good for mame then you are deluding yourself. I get tons of crap here for suggesting that mame .55 is a good emulator, while the mame .35 mame 4 all the pi runs is about 20 releases earlier than that.
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I don't think anybody is deluding themselves, the Pi can happily run the early arcade games, if those are what you're interested in then the Pi is ideal, I can certainly run more than the 20 games you suggest! The Pi may not be for you but please don’t trash something you obviously know little about.
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