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On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 8:07 AM, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) <pelzflor...@pelzflorian.de> wrote: > As a user, I would expect to be sold a router housing and a router > EOMA68 computer card. I would expect the router housing to be able to > host my desktop card as well. I would also expect the router card to > work in my desktop housing. provision of power is about the common denominator: i already outlined the example where use of the OTG port and HDMI cable would allow the CPU-Card-With-The-Desktop-OS to be useful and functional. anything else that you get (such as a USB-based WIFI adapter or USB-based Ethernet port) is a "plus" but is in no way guaranteed and should in no way be *expected*, either. the other way round is unlikely to work and, if you did not then seek out (at your own expense and initiative) a replacement OS, replacing the Router OS with a Desktop OS, then that is your lookout. also: router cards are quite likely to be 120 to 500mhz single-core MIPS processors with on-board RAM restricted to potentially as little as 8 MB (yes 8 MEGABYTES - that's eight MB). if you are *genuinely* expecting a 120mhz processor with 8mb of RAM to be capable of running a Desktop OS, you are (to put it mildly) completely delusional. basically it's necessary to apply some common sense, here. l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk