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I've always been curious - having a x86 chip in a this form factor - is this a big deal? Hasn't ARM already saturated this segment of the market?
by iamcreasy 8y ago
I've always been curious - having a x86 chip in a this form factor - is this a big deal? Hasn't ARM already saturated this segment of the market?
- EamonnMR 8y agoThe possibility of running old windows apps is a nice feature. Also you can use the usual images of your favorite Linux distro rather than needing an ARM build.
- morganvachon 8y ago> Also you can use the usual images of your favorite Linux distro rather than needing an ARM build. Can you though? It depends on what kind of BIOS/UEFI this thing runs with. I'd be curious to see if it's a standard x86 BIOS setup or something more proprietary/less common that requires a special bootloader.
- EamonnMR 8y agoIt worked fine with the x86 64 bit Ubuntu images, I didn't try any other distros.
- Splognosticus 8y agoI've got a tablet[1] that uses almost the same CPU. When I got it they were $80 and it's better than it has any right to be at that price, but it performs about like a 2002-ish Pentium except with hardware video acceleration. If I wanted maximum performance for the dollar I wouldn't go with an Atom. [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MYZEPGP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MYZEPGP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
- yegle 8y agoThe Atom C3000 series is a beast with 10G Ethernet, up to 16C and support for ECC DDR4.
- wil421 8y agoYes, I can think of a couple applications where my Pi has hit walls. Emulation like an N64 or some old OS/Windows App.