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Unfortunately intel devices are too expensive as compared to ARM and other SoCs. For most use-cases you can find an ARM board in $5-$20 range. Intel does offers

Unfortunately intel devices are too expensive as compared to ARM and other SoCs. For most use-cases you can find an ARM board in $5-$20 range. Intel does offers higher compute power, but most applications do not need it. Their only advantage is being x86, on which you can run a closed-source operating system like windows. But then I donot see why one would prefer windows over Linux on an IoT device.

Nexxxeh 10y ago
You can run Windows 10 IoT Core on a Pi 3.
- israrkhan 10y ago
  Windows on ARM story is not that good either. Memory requirements are higher as compared to linux, and it supports only a limited subset of ARM SoCs
- MegaDeKay 10y ago
  You can, but you probably don't want to. At least that was the case when it initially became available on the Pi. http://hackaday.com/2015/08/13/raspberry-pi-and-windows-10-iot-core-a-huge-letdown/ http://hackaday.com/2015/08/13/raspberry-pi-and-windows-10-i...
- tgragnato 10y ago
  I could. Why should I? > The makers will be able to download and use the first public release of Windows 10 IoT Core at no cost, although this require access to a "development machine" with Windows 10. Can I have a Windows that is really a core (memory usage)? Can I flash it by the means of a simple 'dd'? Requiring a Windows to develop is a big no for many.
  - mozumder 10y ago
    > I could. Why should I? Probably to get automatic security updates so you don't have a million hacked IoT devices on your network...
    - tgragnato 10y ago
      I don't think security is something automatic, but I'm open to other opinions about this. If a firm is not willing to update my device anymore, why does an "automatically updated base" make me more safe? Without updates to the upper layers of the software stack I'm still vulnerable.. Is there a real advantage over Yocto plus un update mechanism such as rauc [https://github.com/rauc/rauc https://github.com/rauc/rauc] or mender [https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender] ?
    - yjftsjthsd-h 10y ago
      I struggle to imagine why Windows would be better than a Linux distribution for updates

Nexxxeh 10y ago

You can run Windows 10 IoT Core on a Pi 3.

israrkhan 10y ago
Windows on ARM story is not that good either. Memory requirements are higher as compared to linux, and it supports only a limited subset of ARM SoCs
MegaDeKay 10y ago
You can, but you probably don't want to. At least that was the case when it initially became available on the Pi. http://hackaday.com/2015/08/13/raspberry-pi-and-windows-10-iot-core-a-huge-letdown/ http://hackaday.com/2015/08/13/raspberry-pi-and-windows-10-i...
tgragnato 10y ago
I could. Why should I? > The makers will be able to download and use the first public release of Windows 10 IoT Core at no cost, although this require access to a "development machine" with Windows 10. Can I have a Windows that is really a core (memory usage)? Can I flash it by the means of a simple 'dd'? Requiring a Windows to develop is a big no for many.
- mozumder 10y ago
  > I could. Why should I? Probably to get automatic security updates so you don't have a million hacked IoT devices on your network...
  - tgragnato 10y ago
    I don't think security is something automatic, but I'm open to other opinions about this. If a firm is not willing to update my device anymore, why does an "automatically updated base" make me more safe? Without updates to the upper layers of the software stack I'm still vulnerable.. Is there a real advantage over Yocto plus un update mechanism such as rauc [https://github.com/rauc/rauc https://github.com/rauc/rauc] or mender [https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender] ?
  - yjftsjthsd-h 10y ago
    I struggle to imagine why Windows would be better than a Linux distribution for updates