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The nine dollar computer
- DominikD 11y agoIs it ARM since AllWinner is involved, or is it MIPS? Campaign is very sparse on details I assume people interested in, say, kernel hacker pledge level would like to know.
- aidenn0 11y agoIt says it's a 1GHz A13 compatible, so that's a Cortex A8. [edit] And specifically it has an Allwinner R8 logo, which I assume is a lower-cost A13 replacement (no information about that part on Allwinner's site).
- ph0rque 11y agoDoes anyone remember when the world's first <$100 computer was revealed, so we can estimate when the world's first $<1 computer will be revealed?
- qbrass 11y agoTimex Sinclair - 1982 http://oldcomputers.net/popscits1000.html http://oldcomputers.net/popscits1000.html 2010 if you wanted something that could run Linux - http://www.pcworld.com/article/184760/the_worlds_first_99_dollar_laptop_debuts.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/184760/the_worlds_first_99_do...
- Cub3 11y ago$20 shipping to Australia brings the price almost level with the Raspberry PI 2 :/
- DonGateley 11y agoWhen it's retail and not a crowdfunded wet dream.
- azinman2 11y agoAmazing and could really be impactful. That said, gotta wonder what the labor/environmental impact is on that one... how cheap was that labor, how poorly are the spent chemicals discarded, and where do those materials come from?