Quad-core 64-bit computer for R215

Aside from the "sixty-four bit" hype the specs are mediocre. What good does 64-bit do you with 1GB RAM anyway?
 
I think maybe the Raspberry Pi 2 is still better value. Aside from the GPIO pins for real-world interfacing, it has 4 USB ports.
 
a 4K capable device with 1GB or RAM ... thats crippling!

its 33MB per frame.. just blitting one frame to another will cost you 100MB of RAM.
 
Supports 4k video... If they could only add USB 3.0 support to this, it would be awesome.
 
I would have loved this as a kid. I would buy 8 of them an experiment with distributed computing.
 
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What exactly are you trying to do with a $19 computer anyhow?

Its not what I want to do with it - its more about the features of the board are not totally realisable with the RAM it has. Having a 64Bit CPU and 1GB of RAM seems like a flaw - its a waste of 64bit!

I know that board also has a hardware MPEG decoder, graphics framebuffer and OpenGL-ES engine - Using those features will eat RAM and leave you with little application space.
 
Wow .. a lot of negativity in the comments...

The fact that its 64 bit and a gig of RAM, is hardly a "waste of 1 gig" .. this is not meant to be a drop in replacement for your desktop .. its a low power, minature, VERY capable PC. I run an old laptop (x86) as a openvz host at home, it has a VERY old 700mhz processor and 512 megs of ram. It very ably hosts 4 debian vms (firewall, dhcp / dns, samba server, transmission-daemon server.

For starters, in a package that small, a gig of RAM is plenty, bear in mind that a large number of android phones have a gig of ram, and can do massive amounts of work. The upgraded model has GIGABIT LAN .. thats massive compared to the PI.. all of a sudden low cost / low power file servers can be made with this thing ..

These Arduino / PI clones, are pushing the boundaries of whats possible on a tiny budget, and to fit on a credit card board.

For those who compute in the field / emdedded electronics etc .. these are light years ahead of 8 / 16 bit pics , with IO ports, applications can be written in rapid time, in languages like python to get some very complicated things done (from an embedded , small pc point of view)

I say bring it .. while I switch over to my full kodi install on my PI model B that still runs like a champion in my living room ... :)
 
The kickstarter campaign still needs to start (starts on the 9th). Its a nice piece of tech and if this works then awesome for all. Can serve very nicely as an addition to the tech used for "things". It is a nice powerful piece of tech. My problem is with the article.

The article makes it sound like you can buy this RIGHT NOW for R215. Not even close. That's a "15 dollar to rand" google-fu showings its head. Checking the site will show that it says $15 + shipping and handling. Now we all know the shafting that awaits us there. So NO, you cant buy this 64 bit computer for R215. Rather focus on the tech and drumming up support to get the pine64 available (successful kickstarter).
 
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