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I 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.
The RasPi is a disposable learning and tinkering board like an arduino. This Intel thing is just a laptop without a screen. Genuinely nothing to see here.
The 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.
You could install Linux on the NUC, too. x86 support isn't inherently a bad thing, surely.
As for the part about development being as easy as a Windows x86 box; the same could be said about Linux on the Raspberry Pi. It's the same OS you'd run on an x86 box.
Just seems like an apples/oranges comparison. Like others have commented, seems like a lot of 'tech journalists' seem to assume small form factor == Raspberry Pi competitor/alternative.
But hey, I hope they try to compete with Raspberry Pi, because that causes a race to the bottom of the price point. Since Raspberry is already there, anyone else who wants to join the party just adds more options to those interested in these devices.
The 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.
it’s a small PC. There’s nothing really you can’t do with this that you couldn’t do with a PC from way back. We can run things like OpenOffice, Twitter, browse the web, Facebook etc
I 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.
Conversely, it will be as hard as developing for a standard, Windows-based x86 PC.
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You could install Linux on the NUC, too. x86 support isn't inherently a bad thing, surely.
No, not at all. It's just that statements like "and likewise, developing for the NUC will be as easy as developing for a standard, Windows-based x86 PC; two perks the Raspberry Pi will not enjoy." makes it seem like a lack of x86 support is a bad thing in the Pi's case, which it's not, since ARM is fine for what it's meant to do. As for the part about development being as easy as a Windows x86 box; the same could be…
Although in no way a competitor to the rPi, this is pretty awesome. It could easily become a main system with surprisingly few compromises-- (given thunderbolt and the reasonable iGPU)... and i really doubt the board alone will be available for < $200.
tell me about opengl drivers
tellll meeeeeeeee