[Arm-dev] ARM Development Hardware

Fri Apr 17 14:34:42 UTC 2015
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>


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.