Well , even though im a intel fan when it comes to desktops and laptops, i dont want a intel sbc.. Besides Pi3, im also looking at a Firefly-RK3288 (which I think im going to go with, cause they offer 4gb ram model) and it runs Ubuntu and quad core Cortex-A17 and Mali-T760 which has around 5x the power of Mali 400 so it should be quite good as a media center :
I know the A17 is 32bit and the A53 is 64bit, but the A17 still "out benches" the A53, so it's not going to matter in any way
But it's not perfect either, this Firefly company seem to focus just on the board and dont seem to sell any enclosures or addons for it, but Seeedstudio at least have some plate you can mount it on, but there are no sides so its not a box, just top and bottom.. So i will probably just print a box but it will not look as nice as the nice boxes you can get for many of the sbcs.
This will be my first SBC , but im pretty sure it will not be the last, cause i come from the arduino world, and i just needed 1 arduino, but for some reason I have pretty much all available versions, everything from the cheapest 3$ micro chinese micro version to the awesome looking Taurino Power.. So I kinda expect that if I like these SBCs they will start stacking up on my desk before i know it
Maybe the Kodi guys dont like Allwinner cause of the "rootmydevice" issue they had
I know the A17 is 32bit and the A53 is 64bit, but the A17 still "out benches" the A53, so it's not going to matter in any way
But it's not perfect either, this Firefly company seem to focus just on the board and dont seem to sell any enclosures or addons for it, but Seeedstudio at least have some plate you can mount it on, but there are no sides so its not a box, just top and bottom.. So i will probably just print a box but it will not look as nice as the nice boxes you can get for many of the sbcs.
This will be my first SBC , but im pretty sure it will not be the last, cause i come from the arduino world, and i just needed 1 arduino, but for some reason I have pretty much all available versions, everything from the cheapest 3$ micro chinese micro version to the awesome looking Taurino Power.. So I kinda expect that if I like these SBCs they will start stacking up on my desk before i know it
Maybe the Kodi guys dont like Allwinner cause of the "rootmydevice" issue they had