hardkernel's odroid-c1 is similar and slightly better performance for the same price; any sense which port might be easier? http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G141578608433 On Mon Feb 02 2015 at 5:15:34 AM Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote: > > Noted it *should* be backwards compatible with previous software. Does a > > 9fan wish to vet the 9pi release against this new hardware? > > Compatible with user level software, yes. But it will need a new kernel, > because it has 4 x cortex-a7 cores compared with 1 x arm11 on the older pi. > > >