Nice, but 4GB RAM is more like a joke nowadays.
Intel Unveils New Low-Cost PC Platform
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I don't know anyone who really cares what is inside the computer. They care that office works quicker, they can browse the web and for schools that the computer will run minecraft.
Minecraft? I'm sure there's plenty of people who play it at school, but I'm not sure that's in the mind of whatever school employee is in charge of purchasing.
It was part of our decision process.
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#43Nice, but 4GB RAM is more like a joke nowadays.
Depends on what you're using it for - the emphasis seems to be on Chromebooks, despite the blatantly obvious name change. I doubt that there's any technical limitation to adding more, this is just where Intel expects the market to settle.
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#44Sigh, instead of "cloudbooks" we want "standalonebooks". The cloud only makes things slow, unreliable and prone to privacy invasion.
What we really want is 'opensourcebooks'.
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That was 2 gens ago. Did Cherry Trail have the same limitation?
It's likely 32 bit ( http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-compute-stick-stk1aw32sc-r... ) but I'd be very happy to be proven wrong.
Well if that the case, it's more likely to be an issue of a specific chipset. i.e. buying a computer in this day and age designed for 32bit Windows.
And I do sympathise with buyers of cheap tablets but by comparison, Intel had a couple of Bay Trail NUCs for which run 64bit Linux just fine.
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It's likely 32 bit ( http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-compute-stick-stk1aw32sc-r... ) but I'd be very happy to be proven wrong.
Well if that the case, it's more likely to be an issue of a specific chipset. i.e. buying a computer in this day and age designed for 32bit Windows. And I do sympathise with buyers of cheap tablets but by comparison, Intel had a couple of Bay Trail NUCs for which run 64bit Linux just fine.
It's a 64 bit chip with a questionably-implemented 32 bit UEFI. GRUB can do the "mixed mode" boot - 32 bit UEFI to 64 bit kernel. https://sturmflut.github.io/linux/ubuntu/2015/01/21/installi...
As far as I'm concerned, putting 32 bit Windows on them is purely a business decision.
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What is the threshold you're looking for? I know the principle engineer of this project and may be able to give a yes/no answer on whether the part is at/below.
Ideally < 5 watt so it can be fanless
I haven't gotten a response in more than a week now, so I'm going to assume that info can't be shared. Sorry!