[Arm-dev] ARM Development Hardware

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 04/17/2015 10:38 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
> On 04/17/2015 05:34 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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>> On 04/17/2015 09:51 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>>> On 04/17/2015 04:46 PM, Mandar Joshi wrote:
>>>> Hello everybody,
>>>> I was hoping to get some suggestions from you guys about which ARM
>>>> development hardware to purchase.
>>>>
>>>> The hardware will have just one purpose; compiling and testing CentOS.
>>>> With this in mind I'm leaning towards something Quad Core, good amount
>>>> of RAM,NAND Flash, SATA and that has a heatsink . Does SATA seem
>>>> reasonable or will a USB HDD serve just as well?
>>>>
>>>> I live in Mumbai, India. So, I might not have all the options you guys
>>>> have. I might be able to get Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard, Cubie Board,
>>>> Radxa, Banana Pi or Odroid from these guys https://www.crazypi.com/ or
>>>> http://www.greenindiaelectronics.com/
>>> I am very happy with the Odroid U3s I have, they are much faster 
>>> than BB and there is no comparison towards RPi. RPi are cheap but 
>>> very very very slow. If you are interested just in raw horsepower, 
>>> Odroid XU3 are a better option, but more expensive
>>>
>>>      Manuel
>>>
>>> PS: did I mention that RPi are very very very slow ?
>>
>> Is this the new RPi 2 which is an armv7 duo core?  No sata though. 
> I was speaking about the older Pis ( that's what I have around ) but 
> even the newer RPi is still slow compared to the other boards due to 
> the lower frequency they operate at.

Good to know.  I priced them out compared to the Cubieboard2, and by the 
time I added things that come 'standard' from my West coast Cubie 
dealer, they were the same price.