Subj : Re: laptops
To   : Nightfox
From : paulie420
Date : Wed Oct 28 2020 09:36:00

 Ni> I'm curious how ARM is with things like video encoding and transcoding,
 Ni> distributed computing, and other computing-intensive tasks.  Maybe
 Ni> they'vecaught up with Intel & AMD by now?

If you like to Tinker, grab this PineBook Pro for $199.

I've found that ARM (the Pi, Pine stuff, other SBCs) is capable but underpowered - however the price point is solid and for built tasks they do a LOT for me.

You can get the things done, but yer not breaking any speed records or running on bleeding edge hardware.. yer not running the newest games or apps, but there are usually ways to get most things done.

Manjaro ARM is really helping give the ARM community a solid Arch-based linux distro. I think they are worth a look, and depending on your needs can be implemented to do things in your home network. Heck, for some small businesses or tasks, I can see them running the menu or network tasks.

??? I think our tech is so advanced that looking at low-cost low-performance solutions is intelligent. 



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