>you have a preference for power.
No, he has not. As I have stated before, the cpu on the raptor microatx
mainboard will not be
a particular fast one. It will be the lowest priced cpu, which raptor can
provide, which has a
performance comparable to a x86 duo core cpu.
In a previously post, you have said, how you consider the pc card's cpu fast
enough
to function as a daily use notebook for you. It may be so.
The pc card's cpu is nothing more than a slow phone regarding performance.
And it will
for almost no one be fast enough to perform as a daily use notebook. I had a
raspberry pi.
It was that slow, it was impracticable to use. I know no reason, the current
pc card should
be different. The market gives the same answer. If the cpu in the pc card
would be regarded
to be fast enough by consumers, we would have the pc card's cpu in our
notebooks, but we
do not. To me it is silly to claim the current pc card can act as a daily use
notebook.
The problem about the PFY Laptop Housing Kit is, if you insert the current pc
card, you
do not get performance equivalent to a current x86 notebook. When will arm
cpus be as fast
as x86 notebooks and when will such arm cpus be libre software capable? Lkcl
cannot tell us.
>can afford the initial massive costs.
Calling 1000usd for a mainboard and cpu for massive costs is tendentious.
Many people
can pay such amount for a computer, should they want to get one. It is more a
matter
if people, who has the money also have an interest in libre software
computers.
That is why I believe it is important to advertise the raptor microatx
mainboard to
computer security circles.
In the event the raptor microatx mainboard and cpu gets sold in a higher
volume,
than 10000 units the price will go down.
The fact, that we cannot provide a libre software raptor mainboard everybody
is able to buy,
should not stop us from getting it manufactured. If the price for the raptor
atx mainboard
and cpu lands on about 1000usd, I am not sure I am getting one. But that does
not stop me
from wanting the mainboard to be made because every libre software mainboard
getting on the
market is an improvement. Getting the raptor microatx manufactured also
ensures the
required knowledge stays present.
I am not in favor of the ppc architecture. Actually I do not know much about
ppc. But it
is an option and therefore must be pursued.
I would want the riscv cpus to get on the market. But riscv has stalled
before. We must
look into every available option.
