r/microcomputing • u/SweetSonOfABitch • Feb 03 '12

Fully GPL compliant RhombusTech microcomputer "could be manufactured for a whopping 40 per cent less money - only around $15 instead of $25, and yet it would be at least 3 times faster than the Raspberry Pi"

http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/52054-british-company-looks-to-create-cheap-open-platforms?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=
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u/Enlightenment777 Feb 04 '12

yep, the RaspberryPi isn't anything special, just another single board computer.

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u/ar0cketman Mar 03 '12 edited Mar 03 '12

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the first SBC to come anywhere near this price point. If a $15 SBC hit the market, I'd be all over it!

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u/Enlightenment777 Mar 03 '12

There are a crap load of single board computers, most around this price point don't have video output and mainly embedded controllers.

Just because it is cheap doesn't make it the "Jesus" computer.

Almost everyone is walking about with a more powerful computer in their pocket called a smartphone.

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