On 04/17/2015 10:38 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 04/17/2015 05:34 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> >> 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.