> Yeah, building on a literally 10+-year-old chip feels weird coming in from the computer industry. Old does not mean worse. All of the extra gorp on newer ch

> Yeah, building on a literally 10+-year-old chip feels weird coming in from the computer industry. Old does not mean worse. All of the extra gorp on newer chips takes a LOT more power. For example, that 10-year-old chip runs Linux quite reliably in a 5V-500mA power envelope--something the RPI series never did.