Whenever I buy a Raspberry Pi I like to tell myself
I'll do all sorts of cool projects with it and reinvent the face of IoT,
but usually I just end up with a cheap, underpowered ARM computer that
runs Linux and never takes advantage of all the I/O pins.
The new Shuttle XPC nano NS02A and NS02E (via Liliputing)
cut through the lies I tell myself and simply offer a relatively
high-powered ARM chip in a fairly small box. Android 5.1 is
pre-installed, so that's lame, but hopefully you can get regular Linux
up and running without much hassle.
The $150-ish machines both run on a Rockchip RK3368
octa-core processor, include 2GB of RAM, 16GB of flash storage, have
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and room inside for a 2.5-inch hard drive. The only
difference between the two models is one runs off a power adapter,
while the other can be powered over Ethernet.
Now that I think about it, I'd probably be better off
getting a Chromebook. The RK3368 is powerful enough to do 4K video at 60
fps, so maybe this machine would work in a home theater, but the
shortage of RAM would struggle with modern web browsing.
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