08-28-2017, 09:43 AM
Approaching the embedded world of SBC(s) with a "replacement" mindset is wrong-headed and not helpful.
The Rock64 is a good little desktop environment IMHO but it is not a replacement for my iMac; nor is it going to replace my mac mini any time soon.
The proper mind-set is not so much what can this board replace, as what can this board accomplish for the price and for the power ?
The thing is that many of our work-stations today are over-kill BIG time; they are way more power than how they are being utilized; that is not to say that there is no use case for these older heavier clunkier behemoths ! I'm just saying that often the kinds of computational tasks that we accomplish in engineering, education, publishing, programming, and a plethora of other things can be accomplished with SBC desktops with minimal power and price !
... not what can it replace, but what can it do ?
The Rock64 is a good little desktop environment IMHO but it is not a replacement for my iMac; nor is it going to replace my mac mini any time soon.
The proper mind-set is not so much what can this board replace, as what can this board accomplish for the price and for the power ?
The thing is that many of our work-stations today are over-kill BIG time; they are way more power than how they are being utilized; that is not to say that there is no use case for these older heavier clunkier behemoths ! I'm just saying that often the kinds of computational tasks that we accomplish in engineering, education, publishing, programming, and a plethora of other things can be accomplished with SBC desktops with minimal power and price !
... not what can it replace, but what can it do ?
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