From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: lucio@proxima.alt.za, 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] gumstix displays
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:19:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ebdee238e208bb829ed77102ca82ebfe@plug.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42b477df42b02e807aa097ebd81c721e@proxima.alt.za>
On Wed Dec 8 22:14:45 EST 2010, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> > if you want to go for a cheap atom, i think
> > you can beat that price.
>
> Yes, but two weeks later you can't get the same device anymore, even
> though the successor, incompatible in fifteen different ways, is 2 USD
> cheaper. And all of it is buggy in some fashion or other. And VGA is
> its own reward.
that's simply not true. i wouldn't recommend bad solutions.
i use this motherboard
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/945/X7SLA.cfm?typ=H
and this motherboard
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPE.cfm?typ=H
they're not cheep. but with a $100 chassis+power supply, you have a $230-260
computer that's pretty fast (especially compared to a gumstix) and will Just work
with 9atom. the first motherboard is completely fanless. these motherboards
have been around for more than a year, and they're listed as "embedded", which
means long support life.
i'm sure there are better and cheeper motherboards out there. i stopped looking
when i found one that worked well.
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-09 12:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-08 21:29 ron minnich
2010-12-08 21:36 ` Jacob Todd
2010-12-08 21:41 ` John Floren
2010-12-08 23:29 ` hiro
2010-12-09 0:00 ` John Floren
2010-12-09 2:13 ` erik quanstrom
2010-12-09 1:13 ` Lucio De Re
2010-12-09 12:19 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2010-12-09 17:16 ` hiro
2010-12-09 17:17 ` hiro
2010-12-09 17:34 ` Bakul Shah
2010-12-09 17:22 ` erik quanstrom
2010-12-09 17:34 ` ron minnich
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