Raspberry Pi 3B+ Launches With Faster CPU, Dual-Band 802.11ac, Faster Ethernet

[pal666]

Same crappy GPU?

at least they have gpu, unlike competition

[pal666]

They have sold over 14 000 000 raspberry pi units, as Liam Tung from znet.com reports. I think people are not unreasonable.

people who bought 14m units are not unreasonable. people who are asking for desktop pc for $35 are unreasonable

[pal666]

There are hundreds of SBC, many less expensive, that have much more functionality: SATA, full gigabit Ethernet with a separate PHY, more RAM, out-of-the-boc Linux distribution compatibility

exactly zero hundreds. and zero of ones

[pal666]

Well, I don't want a $35 RPi. I want a $60 one with good specs.

people, who bought 19m rpis, do not care what you want

[pal666]

• https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=7147
• http://www.orangepi.org

no gpu, no wifi, no bluetooth, no poe

They have their opensource video driver IIRC

you have implanted memories

[pal666]

Orange Pi charges 0 USD for R&D

that's how you make computers without video drivers

[pal666]

There's work on the way to free them up for the C2

i hope it will be successful, but if you need your gpu working now, you don't have many choices

[coder]

lol. on all fronts except no gpu at all and costs 30% more.

Mali-450 is no GPU?

And sure, it costs more. But if it had Raspberry Pi's sales volume, I'll bet they could have gotten it down a bit.

And don't forget, ODROID-C2 has 2 GB of DDR3. It's not like you're not getting plenty for the small difference you pay. Okay, no wireless, but IR, GigE, H.265 @ 4k/60, HDMI 2.0, USB OTG... And, let's not forget eMMC 5.0.

[pal666]

Mali-450 is no GPU?

gpu without drivers is no gpu

And sure, it costs more. But if it had Raspberry Pi's sales volume, I'll bet they could have gotten it down a bit.

but i bet it would have rpi's sales volume if people would want to buy it(i.e. when it will stop being worse than rpi)

And don't forget, ODROID-C2 has 2 GB of DDR3. It's not like you're not getting plenty for the small difference you pay. Okay, no wireless, but IR, GigE, H.265 @ 4k/60, HDMI 2.0, USB OTG... And, let's not forget eMMC 5.0.

no wireless, no video, but 2gb. it seems 19m people do not need another gb for +30% cost

[coder]

but i bet it would have rpi's sales volume if people would want to buy it(i.e. when it will stop being worse than rpi)
... it seems 19m people do not need another gb for +30% cost

I was going to preempt you on that point. It was the obvious morsel you'd snatch.

You're too smart to believe the best product always dominates the market. Entire professions are devoted to upending such outcomes. And you, yourself, are a living testament to the irrationality of man.

But you're not here to exhort the truth. All affronts aside, lobbing these retorts is just an ego-boosting exercise, for you.