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General discussionCHIP - The World's First Nine Dollar Computer(38 posts)(38 posts)
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Posted May 11, 2015
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Klumpen0815: Windows would skyrocket the price and the overhead would kill too much performance.
The workload shouldn't be a problem. The OpenPandora has hardware that is a lot weaker and can too amazing stuff thanks to a slim Linux and highly optimized software while still being user friendly. It's not made for closed source software like Photoshop etc.. but for their OpenSource equivalents (Gimp for example)
Yes, I agree with your point about Windows.

I'm sorry, but I tried Gimp and it was the most terrible experience I had with software. I won't post all reasons, because it will be off-topic.
I used Audacity, and that programm was pretty good, but... off-topic.

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Klumpen0815: which I guessed would be regarded as much more important from someone in a presumably socialist state.
Easy, man. I can smeel the nationalism all the way over here.
Posted May 11, 2015
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Dzsono: Ok, this is going to sound like an old man, "get off my lawn" type moment, but what makes this so cool apart from the low price?
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Gonen32: It's so damn cool because it's like a flash drive in the way that it's a computer that you can take in your pocket and connect anywhere to anything. Sure, it ain't a powerhouse, but it's strong enough to be an excelent machine for some GOG games or surfing the web.

if 9$ can give us a thing like that, I would happily buy one that has twice the power for 20$.
I started writing something else, but then I thought of a use that totally validates the purchase of this product. And for $9 it's a steal. Actually, it might be criminal, it's so cheap ;)
Posted May 11, 2015
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Klumpen0815: Windows would skyrocket the price and the overhead would kill too much performance.
I don't know about performance, but the price shouldn't skyrocket at all. Windows is (or will be) free for low-end devices (such as the Raspberry Pi 2 and Intel Galileo) if I remember correctly.
Post edited May 11, 2015 by Maighstir
Posted May 11, 2015
The shipping doubles the price (instead of $24 it's $44 to Romania with the HDMI adapter). Thus I'll stick to Raspberry PI2 which is more powerful and in this case about the same price (including a 8GB microSD)
Posted May 11, 2015
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blotunga: The shipping doubles the price (instead of $24 it's $44 to Romania with the HDMI adapter). Thus I'll stick to Raspberry PI2 which is more powerful and in this case about the same price (including a 8GB microSD)
Yeah, the shipping is 20$ for anywhere except North America. Right now it's a deal breaker for me, I hope that it will be lower in the future.
Posted May 11, 2015
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lebedkirillseven: Easy, man. I can smeel the nationalism all the way over here.
Sorry, it wasn't meant negative at all, I'm all for OpenSource and other (true) social(ist) ideals.
I'm reading everywhere that piracy is very strong in Russia and many people don't understand why anyone should pay for software so I hoped OpenSource software would be a thing (which I'd always prefer to pirating).

I aggree with you regarding Gimp though.
Post edited May 11, 2015 by Klumpen0815
Posted May 11, 2015
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Gonen32: in the way that it's a computer that you can take in your pocket and connect anywhere to anything. Sure, it ain't a powerhouse, but it's strong enough to be an excelent machine for some GOG games or surfing the web.

if 9$ can give us a thing like that, I would happily buy one that has twice the power for 20$.
most smartphones and $50 tablets can already do that especially if you install low-spec variant of linux instead of android. but i'm not sure how well they can do with GOG games, which don't always work well with linux, at least on a low-powered mobile machines. emulation does greatly increase CPU requirements. and then, there're graphic card/chip problems.

these "DIY" mini-computers just aren't very good for games at all. not even the real good OLD games.
Posted May 11, 2015
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dick1982: most smartphones and $50 tablets can already do that especially if you install low-spec variant of linux instead of android. but i'm not sure how well they can do with GOG games, which don't always work well with linux, at least on a low-powered mobile machines. emulation does greatly increase CPU requirements. and then, there're graphic card/chip problems.

these "DIY" mini-computers just aren't very good for games at all. not even the real good OLD games.
Those DIY mini computers are mostly used for (Libre)office tasks, Linux homebrew games, binary recompilations, game engine recreations and most of all 8-16bit era emulation and all this usually runs perfect, PSX and N64 runs very well too if properly optimized.
Post edited May 11, 2015 by Klumpen0815
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