All i need is something that is decent performing to generate reports etc as well as perform calculations. im totally not worried about graphics
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Renato Golin <renato.go...@linaro.org>wrote: > On 15 April 2013 15:36, Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My goal is to provide affordable point of sales systems. I was also >> considering some of the linaro dev boards that are available. >> > > Hi Jonathan, > > It seems you won't be using fancy 3D graphics, so the video card is near > irrelevant, here. You should be able to get accelerated 2D graphics with > most SoCs, even if not using open source drivers. Wookie might know some > boards that have decent OSS video drivers, but if you don't care (most > people don't), you should be fine. > > There are a number of v7 that you might consider. I would go for anything > that is equal or higher than a dual/quad-core A9 (Pandaboard ES, Odroid, > Tegra3), but there are also newer dual-core A15 (which is at least 2x > faster than dual-A9), on several flavours (Arndale, Chromebook, Odroid, > Tegra4). > > You might also try the very cheap "AllWinner A10" which is essentially a > Beagleboard (dual-core A8). You can find several cheap platforms on the > market with that configuration (including tablets running Android) that you > might be lucky putting Linux on it. Though, I'd have a look at how your > software behaves on a Beagleboard before trying the hard way. Mans > suggestion (Beaglebone) is smaller than the Beagleboard, but faster than > the Raspbery Pi. It's also extremely cheap and very customizable. > > The Pi is not a bad choice per se, IMO, but Wookie is right regarding what > pre-compiled systems are in offer, you just won't get the best experience > unless you opt for specialized Linux distros (Raspbian?). Given that > they're really (really) cheap, it might be worth a try. > > Hope that helps, > --renato > -- Jonathan Aquilina
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