Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
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Re: Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
#2I don't really see that this has much to do with the Raspberry Pi. If the board without the (much more powerful) CPU alone is $100, it's not really comparable other than being relatively small.
Re: Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
#3I don't really see that this has much to do with the Raspberry Pi. If the board without the (much more powerful) CPU alone is $100, it's not really comparable other than being relatively small.
Agreed. ExtremeTech writes about some really cool stuff, but then goes does it in such a blogspammy way. There's an order of magnitude price difference between the products. The title couldn't be more linkbait.
I've started to skip the ET articles and just read the comments on HN, which are usually pretty interesting, and way more accurate.
Re: Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
#4The big draw for the pi is the price at around $30 it's a very feature rich machine. The pi would actually do better in the market that intel is targeting (kiosks and digital displays) do to its size and ability to run off USB power. You could strap it to the back of a HDTV and piggyback on one of the USB ports most flat screens ship with these days.
Re: Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
#5I don't really see that this has much to do with the Raspberry Pi. If the board without the (much more powerful) CPU alone is $100, it's not really comparable other than being relatively small.
Considering the tiny form factor, I suspect it will come with the CPU. (Think of it as a small laptop. Fiddling with the heatsink/fan assembly is probably going to be quite tricky in the NUC.)
Re: Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
#6Bigger size, 3x the price (at least), requires fan.. not in the same league as the RPi at all. I wish tech writers would stop thinking "SMALL COMPUTER = RPI COMPETITOR!".
Get down to that same ~$35 price point, and we'll talk.
Re: Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
#7I don't really see that this has much to do with the Raspberry Pi. If the board without the (much more powerful) CPU alone is $100, it's not really comparable other than being relatively small.
Agreed. ExtremeTech writes about some really cool stuff, but then goes does it in such a blogspammy way. There's an order of magnitude price difference between the products. The title couldn't be more linkbait. I've started to skip the ET articles and just read the comments on HN, which are usually pretty interesting, and way more accurate.
Once you factor in shipping of the computer itself, and a case for the Rasp Pi ($20 or so), the price difference is actually quite small.
Re: Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
#8The author of this article clearly has no idea about what a system like Raspberry Pi is aiming for. The lack of Windows compatibility is one of its most important features. It's about kids learning to do fun, interesting, challenging things with a computer. It's not about using an office suite or playing TF2.
Re: Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
#9I don't really see that this has much to do with the Raspberry Pi. If the board without the (much more powerful) CPU alone is $100, it's not really comparable other than being relatively small.
30 times the power consumption.
7 times the cost (you probably wanted a CPU and RAM to go with the motherboard).
No programmable pins for controlling the world.
Closed design.
It's just a tiny PC motherboard. Nothing to do with a Raspberry Pi other than the hook Sebastian Anthony chose for his title.
Re: Watch out, Raspberry Pi: Intel unveils ultra-small Next Unit of Computing PC
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed. ExtremeTech writes about some really cool stuff, but then goes does it in such a blogspammy way. There's an order of magnitude price difference between the products. The title couldn't be more linkbait. I've started to skip the ET articles and just read the comments on HN, which are usually pretty interesting, and way more accurate.
Once you factor in shipping of the computer itself, and a case for the Rasp Pi ($20 or so), the price difference is actually quite small.
The speculated price point in the article is $100 (which is conjecture), but then you have to add an 1155 CPU and a couple of sticks of DDR3 memory. There's also no slot for an SD card, which is going to make storage more expensive.
Practical builds of this aren't going to be below $200 (and that's assuming the price quoted in the ET article is correct).
You're right about no case, but this unit also requires shipping.
I stand by order of magnitude.