On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 20:33 +0000, peter green wrote: > David Pottage wrote: > > On 09/03/13 11:02, Oliver Grawert wrote: > >> get a few chromebooks, 2G of ram, fast CPU and debian/ubuntu > >> supported ... admittedly no SATA but USB 3.0 which should be speedy > >> enough ... for networking get an USB 2.0 NIC (if you need wired) and > >> enjoy that they come with a builtin UPS > > > > Apparently the USB3 socket is not actually useful. anandtech.com > > Benchmarked it when they reviewed the Chromebook, and only got > > 12.7MB/s (while running ChromeOS), which is barely more than the > > maximum speed for USB2. > IIRC though their "benchmark" consisted of copy files to/from the > internal flash, so it may have been the internal flash that was slow. > > I don't see any real reason to choose the chromebook over the > arndaleboard though (same processor, same ram, about the same price, > worse interfaces). > > > For a build cluster the arndale board looks way better than just laptops.
1. How much of them will you need ? 2. It may be difficult to put the arndale board into a case which can be mounted into a rack. It looks like the arndale board has its connectors at least on 3 sides of the pcb which doesnt't make it easier. 3. Which interface would you like to use for mass storage ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1362909294.2485.9.camel@peter-laptop
