Totaly agree, the time for home micro's as such is due a revival and now we have the processing power etc to make it worthwhile in comparision to consumer units

Totaly agree, the time for home micro's as such is due a revival and now we have the processing power etc to make it worthwhile in comparision to consumer units we have today. You never know, how long before Lego starts adding more intricate parts beyond motors. It will be this that will give us true programmers who have control over there enviroment again unlike today with API's that are out of your control and changed at a whim sometimes and thats upon your local desktop PC. ALso with the move of windows and secureboot then the time is right for more user packaged Raspberry Pi type micro's of yesteryear.