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blasdel on Feb 25, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: $100 Linux wall-wart launches

It'd be great if it was significantly cheaper, with much lower specs: <128mb RAM, 100mb ethernet, ~300mhz CPU, etc.

As is it's ridiculously overpowered for it's niche, and at $99 it's too expensive to be 'throwaway'.

wmf on Feb 26, 2009 | [–]

Those specs are pretty similar to a hackable wireless router or a Gumstix. There are plenty of slow embedded devices available already; I like this one because it is powerful.

krschultz on Feb 26, 2009 | [–]

300mhz ARM5 != 300mhz Intel Pentium II in performance. I work with a 900mhz ARM11 and it's pretty weak. Seems like a lot of ram though.

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