I'm still quite unclear about this
Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
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Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#112I'm still quite unclear about this
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#113Looks like still no PoE?
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been using a Pi running XBMC for about a year. It's connected to a big hard drive. I can copy stuff there from my laptop (movies, music, etc.) It works pretty well; I don't remember having to "service" it in any way since I plugged it in. It works fine to stream stuff from YouTube, too. Shows for kids, etc. The XBMC remote on my phone is pretty handy too. Overall, I'm pretty happy with it.
Does it handle HD content?
Yes, yes it does play HD movies well. Even streaming them.
Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#115I wonder if this would run a Quake (3) server? Myself and a few of my friends still like to play the old classic... $35 seems ideal for something I could just leave on all the time for a quick game.
Sure, why not? It runs the Quake 3 client rather well actually.
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#116$63AUD + Shipping - No thanks! http://au.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-deve...
This is a little cheaper, but not $35: http://raspberrypiaustralia.com.au/products/raspberry-pi-mod...
That's still $50 though, at that price I'm just not sure its worth it - especially since it only has a 10/100 NIC and USB 2.0 while those specs might be an acceptable for educational purposes, at $50+ hobbyists may not find it the most cost effective solution.
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#117It would be good if they were more active about upgrading the hardware performance....
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#118What's the same: - Same Broadcom BCM2835 Chipset - Same 512MB RAM - Same full size HDMI port - Same 10/100 Ethernet port - Same CSI camera port and DSI display ports - Same micro USB power supply connection What has changed: - Now comes with 4 USB ports so you can now connect more devices than ever to your Raspberry Pi. - There is a 40pin extended GPIO so you can build even bigger and better projects than ever before…
-You can now provide up to 1.2 AMP to the 4 USB ports enabling you to connect more power hungry USB devices without needing an external USB hub. (This feature requires a 2Amp micro USB Power Supply)
Nice. In my experience, using a good power supply for the pi (instead of cheap ones selling for 5 bucks on ebay) is mandatory also in the current revision, and solves a lot of problems with video and USB devices (for example, cellular modems).
The Apple iPad charger works wonders.
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#119Oh man, I was really hoping for a better CPU. The current one is just so dang slow.
Slow and proprietary, which is not a great combination... there's a lot of interesting new ARM SoCs from China that are coming out, like the Allwinner A3x series (quad A7s, >1GHz). It would be pretty unlikely for one of those to show up in the next Pi though; if anything, it'll probably be another Broadcom.
On the other hand: The VideoCore IV GPU used in the Raspberry Pi is the only recent embedded GPU for which (large parts of) the specification are publicly available.
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#120Oh man, I was really hoping for a better CPU. The current one is just so dang slow.
I personally feel like this is the core "feature" of the raspberry pi - the fixed "constraints" of its specs.
Constraints are good.
Fortunately there are many inexpensive alternatives to the raspberry pi (probably thanks to it) if you really do need more CPU power.