Horrible summary (Score: 1) by axsdenied@pipedot.org on 2014-07-07 13:32 (#2C5) I can't believe that the summary mentions only powered USB ports as an advantage to the RasPi. This is probably the least exciting difference.And the useless sales pitch does not help much.How about mentioning faster CPU to start with and then swappable CPU/RAM, optional Gbit Ethernet, mSATA, PCI express... and that it fits in the same cases as RasPi. Re: Horrible summary (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-08 01:53 (#2C8) First, give old Zafiro a break; he or she is spinning the plates here as fast as he can, kind of a one man band trying to keep this site alive. And frankly he did cite the most tangible improvement over the Pi.People can't cost-justify upgrading CPU or RAM in $2,000 PCs after 3-5 years -- how the heck is it cost justified to replace a CPU or RAM module on a 2 year old $45 board? The whole idea is rather stupid. Devices this size practically beg to be replaced wholesale when they need to be upgraded. (And apparently the maker agrees with me, since rather than offering the tiny replacement CPU/Eth/RAM modules they're really just selling 3 different models of board.)Agreed that the quoted sales blurb was remarkably useless.
Re: Horrible summary (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-08 01:53 (#2C8) First, give old Zafiro a break; he or she is spinning the plates here as fast as he can, kind of a one man band trying to keep this site alive. And frankly he did cite the most tangible improvement over the Pi.People can't cost-justify upgrading CPU or RAM in $2,000 PCs after 3-5 years -- how the heck is it cost justified to replace a CPU or RAM module on a 2 year old $45 board? The whole idea is rather stupid. Devices this size practically beg to be replaced wholesale when they need to be upgraded. (And apparently the maker agrees with me, since rather than offering the tiny replacement CPU/Eth/RAM modules they're really just selling 3 different models of board.)Agreed that the quoted sales blurb was remarkably useless.