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[Tassadar]

I've been wanting to buy a Raspberry pi for the longest time but never bother to, now this comes out.

[Jazzmarazz]

I've been wanting to buy a Raspberry pi for the longest time but never bother to, now this comes out.

yuck
Buy an Arduino Mega or Teensy 3.2

[Warrior]

Only thing yuck I see is the preloaded micro sd has windows 10 on it.

[Tassadar]

Why, what's wrong with the RPI? It most likely has the most software written for it.

[Warrior]

Why, what's wrong with the RPI? It most likely has the most software written for it.

Single board PCB PC kits are kind of a preference thing, there is a bunch - http://www.lakka.tv/get/windows/

As you can see there is a alot.

[deadlegion]

I'm seeing some Pi 2 cheaper over here now (they always seemed a little expensive for what they were imo...why not use an old PC that costs nothing?), but for around the same price you can get Cubietruck. Sure it's quad core vs dual core but the latter has twice the ram...don't really see much point in having a quad core if it's only 1GB or less

[Warrior]

its a hobby thing DL, not about just throwing it up and playing with a OS, its about all the fun stuff you can do with it.

[deadlegion]

I realise that. I'm just saying the prices of the Pi over here have always been slightly inflated imo...probably because of the brand.
I mean a little system like that with 256, 512 or even 1GB ram doesn't seem very good to me. No wifi on cheaper ones doesn't really matter as a dongle is like $1, but I would think ram is important as it usually is on any device like that I've looked at (phones, tablets and media boxes).

[Warrior]

Ya on amazon they are taking people for a ride by charging a few bucks over the actual retail , pretty damn annoying.

a Pi3 does seem nice though.

[Jazzmarazz]

Why, what's wrong with the RPI? It most likely has the most software written for it.

Its a PC. Of course it has lots of software written for it. But if you want to write anything yourself to run natively, you're in for some headaches. At that point, you're just using Windows or Linux on a slower computer than you probably originally purchased the Pi on. wacko:

The biggest reason to get into microcontrollers is to design something - put it in a box and just expect it to run. Out of sight, out of mind. You can do the same with a half dollar PIC. If you want a PC to do PC things... use your PC. :Wacko:

[Tassadar]

But If I want to make a low power seedbox and mess with nerfed linux for a fractio nof the cost of buying a mini pc the Pi is my best option, no?

As I can't program I don't plan on writing any code for the machine.

[deadlegion]

Best option is an old PC that is free. I have so much free stuff here nothing like the Pi looks tempting, even if it is under $100.

[Tassadar]

But an old pc is still guaranteed to consume more power than a pi.

[deadlegion]

But an old pc is still guaranteed to consume more power than a pi.

Ok then, an old laptop.

[Tassadar]

I don't have an old laptop around, they take up more space anyway and still it would consume more power.