I'm almost sure that 90% of users will be happy staying at 512M without paying extra 15 dollars for questionable advantage of 1GB. I even doubt the majority of hobbyists need 512M. If you don't use Xorg then tons of console applications are happy with 256M of RAM
2015-08-19 18:40 GMT+03:00 Philip Polstra <ppols...@gmail.com>: > I would like to see the price difference. It would be nice to have a > cheaper board and perhaps a premium board for some things. The upgrade > from 2GB to 4GB on the board doesn't do anything for me since my OS is much > larger than that, but yet only the more expensive 4GB boards are > available. Would hate to see something similar happen with the RAM. The > only reason the BB Green is at all attractive to me is not because it has > the Grove connectors, but because it is cheap and I could use it for my > hacking drones. For the times that I need more RAM the 1GB boards that are > already available are nice. > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:22 AM Jason Kridner <jkrid...@beagleboard.org> > wrote: > >> It'd be great to get feedback from the people on the list if they'd >> pay for the extra $$ for 1GB if the 512MB stopped being available >> (ie., Rev D vs. BeagleBone Black Gig). Supposedly the Sancloud folks >> were going to make a 1-Gbyte-RAM + 1-Gbit-Ethernet version per >> >> http://beagleboard.org/Community/Forums?place=msg%2Fbeagleboard%2FRoVnCt6EFDk%2FrjBJZZfcR2kJ >> , >> which was the only real reason we steered away from doing it >> ourselves. They seem to have built some PCBs, but I feel it has been >> quite a while in the waiting. >> >> Anyway, always good to get community feedback on our direction. >> >> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:22 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> >> wrote: >> > Green is the Seed Studio $39 special. >> > >> > It will cost more. If Jason approves the cost increase we can make it >> happen >> > on a Rev D board. >> > >> > X15 with 4GB would be nice. Try $40 more! I just want to see the 2G >> working >> > first. >> > >> > Gerald >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:48 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> 1GB ram would be awesome on the BBB. >> >> >> >> So whats this "green initiative" ? Because an X15 with 4GB ram would be >> >> very welcome too . . . I mean if you're paying ~$200 already, whats >> another >> >> 10-20 bux ? >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Well, I am not saying it is or it sin't. Words mean different things >> to >> >>> different people and if LOGO we an acronym, it could mean anything! >> >>> >> >>> Gerald >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:21 PM, rh_ <richard_hubb...@lavabit.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 09:58:34 -0500 >> >>>> Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> > A board without the beagleboard.org LOGO or BeagleBone Black LOGO >> on >> >>>> > it. >> >>>> > >> >>>> > In other words, one built by someone from the open source >> information >> >>>> > and using their own assembly shop and their own testing process. >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks. I absolutely misread it as NoLgo and was not coming up with a >> >>>> reasonable unraveling of the NoLgo acroynm. I thought Lgo was a new >> >>>> compound that is unhealthy that I had never heard of. 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