Comment on How I Built a Raspberry Pi TabletComments−kevinchen12yThis is a really cool DIY project, but probably not practical. That thing's going to be slow as molasses.−jnbiche12yMaybe with the RPi, but not if you use the board from this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7055540Quad-core 1.7 GHz Exnyos with 2 GB of RAM for $59.I just found out about this board, but it appears pretty impressive for the price. Has anyone used it?You can read more here:http://liliputing.com/2013/12/odroid-u3-59-dev-board-with-th...−yitchelle12yIt all depends upon the end goal in terms of practicality. It would be too slow for me as well, but it looks like it is fast enough to watch a movie during a commute, or to read a book.However, totally agreed on the cool factor of the project!
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This is a really cool DIY project, but probably not practical. That thing's going to be slow as molasses.
Maybe with the RPi, but not if you use the board from this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7055540
Quad-core 1.7 GHz Exnyos with 2 GB of RAM for $59.
I just found out about this board, but it appears pretty impressive for the price. Has anyone used it?
You can read more here:
http://liliputing.com/2013/12/odroid-u3-59-dev-board-with-th...
It all depends upon the end goal in terms of practicality. It would be too slow for me as well, but it looks like it is fast enough to watch a movie during a commute, or to read a book.
However, totally agreed on the cool factor of the project!