Mariusz Fik wrote:
Dnia poniedziałek, 27 maja 2013 12:22:46 Doug pisze:
Here's a refurbed Dell Optiplex 745. "slim" it says--looks like it would fit under a bed, and the picture shows what looks like a serial port--also a parallel port, all kinds of usb ports, a network connection, and it goes for $135. A full computer, not some kluge that you have to add all kinds of accessories to to make it useful.
cubieboard is usefull from the beginning. You get usb, ethernet, hdmi, sata out of the box. Now compare power usage of those 2 devices running 24/7 :)
Yes, that is the key issue. Perhaps plus the longevity of the low-cost/embedded boards, but I'm not too worried about that.
I'm sure there are other ARM board that match with requirements (can run Linux and supports rs232).
No doubt, but the next issue is then support. I.e. which of those are the most popular etc. That's why I'm personally leaning towards the pcengines, which looks like PCs as far as Linux is concerned. I am looking forward to playing with an ARM board some day though, but that's a hobby project. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.8°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org