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Or, if you want a fast dev board, the Odroids are $35 to $60.
The former is popularly taken over by the integrated system within TV / media player (yes, many of the newest DVD & BlueRay media players do come with a better, surprisingly [1], integrated system), and you can play media like Netflix / YouTube from your mobile phone.
The latter is somewhat a customized solution, depending on what you do. I would run on my old laptop, or I can run on a raspberry Pi (which is capable of running HD video at 1080p), plus a large SSD network storage device (or use "cloud" if you have a good Internet connectivity).
There are plenty options out there, but for a $60 deal (USD) is pretty good. Most big brands can easily cost you $100+ with just Atom CPU in it. I wouldn't mind getting one though, if it becomes available again.
[1]: Samsung BD-JM57C Streaming Blu-ray Player (love it)
I mean, almost every claim debatably, is an exaggeration or blatantly false.
As CFTM pointed out, the whole thing is a bunch of weak arguments for you to buy some old, out out lease hardware on ebay.
Or buy a known good product, spend the extra cash on the accessories you want, and get what you want.
But I'd still own a number of raspberry pis since they're great for hacking or just to support a cool mission (in my opinion).
Perhaps it's just me, but I feel I'm seeing more and more thinly veiled advertisement on HN. I mean, almost every claim debatably, is an exaggeration or blatantly false. As CFTM pointed out, the whole thing is a bunch of weak arguments for you to buy some old, out out lease hardware on ebay. Or buy a known good product, spend the extra cash on the accessories you want, and get what you want.
TFA made a reasonable argument for why this was a great deal. I can't find any fault, and certainly it's not an ad.
>Raspberry Pi, case, power adaptor AUD$73.26. Dell Optiplex FX160 around AUD$60
translated to USD:
>Raspberry Pi, case, power adaptor US $54.19. Dell Optiplex FX160 around US $44.39.
(I used Google to convert the currency, didn't look up prices.)
Off-lease Dell PCs are great for this sort of thing. My AirPort Extreme isn't quite up to the task of routing a gigabit fiber connection with all the bells and whistles, so I got a Dell Precison T1700 off EBay. Quad core 3.2 Ghz Xeon e3 for $150!
Depends on what it's for, I suppose. These have no ram or hdd. I'd spend $75 on a used Asus Chromebox instead. Then you get 2gb ram + 16gb ssd. And you can reflash it to run regular Linux. Has an open ram slot too. Or, if you want a fast dev board, the Odroids are $35 to $60.
The Odroids are fast, yes, but they are stuck with old kernels in Linux, buggy drivers (especially video), and a very limited OS compatibility list overall. If you're developing with the Odroid as your target, fine, but for general purpose computing you're better off with the Pi if you want ARM, or else a cheap x86 box like the article mentions.
Perhaps it's just me, but I feel I'm seeing more and more thinly veiled advertisement on HN. I mean, almost every claim debatably, is an exaggeration or blatantly false. As CFTM pointed out, the whole thing is a bunch of weak arguments for you to buy some old, out out lease hardware on ebay. Or buy a known good product, spend the extra cash on the accessories you want, and get what you want.
What's your theory, that the author is actually the one selling the units on eBay? TFA made a reasonable argument for why this was a great deal. I can't find any fault, and certainly it's not an ad.