Subj : The urge..
To   : Mercyful Fate
From : Gryphon
Date : Mon Jan 09 2017 14:47:38

On 01/08/17, Mercyful Fate said the following...
 
 MF> $ Accession was quoted saying . .
 MF> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 MF> > I knew he had one, but never knew exactly what he was using it for. I'm
 MF> > just interested in the fact that there's 64bit Linux support for that
 MF> > device, whereas there is not for Raspberry Pis. Plus it has twice the
 MF> > power (octocore instead of a quad core, and 2gb ram instead of 1gb ram).
 MF> > We'll see. 
 MF> > I'm still waiting for Weatherman to upgrade his server rack so I can hav
 MF> > his HP server with however many xeon processors it has and like 64gb ram
 MF> > LOL 
 MF> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 MF> 
 MF> I didn't know the Pi3 doesn't have 64 bit builds?  that seems pretty
 MF> strange.. Althoug the odroid has some dream spec's for sure, it's also
 MF> double the price. so i guess it depends what your using it for.

Yes, it's a bit more expensive than the Pi.  But I recently put a bunch of
items in the cart at ameridroid.com just to compare the full prices for both
the RPi3B and the XU4, and you are correct.  The XU4 (with all the same
features and accessories as the RPi), is roughly twice the cost of the RPi3B.
The main extra cost is the eMMC chip with is $65 for a 64GB module.  Whereas
the 64GB SD card is only $29.

Here's what I get:
ODOROID  $156.75
    XU4
    Power Supply
    Wifi Adapater
    Translucent black case
    64GB eMMC w/adapter

Raspberry Pi 3B+ $78.48
    3B+
    Power Supply
    (Built-in Wi-Fi)
    Black Case
    64GB SD card

 "No matter where you go, there you are!" - Buckaroo Bonzai

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