Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard PART 2

2013-09-05 Thread Richard Gaskin
William Waldman wrote: We need to recognize that these new devices are an opportunity for LiveCode - if we want to take advantage of the buzz. Well said, Bill. While there's no doubt a certain percentage of Raspberry Pi users who become disappointed once they understand that it's not a comple

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard PART 2

2013-09-05 Thread William Waldman
To impact these markets in a worthwhile way, we would need to add resources that appeal to these markets - which are very different from each other. Here's some background to the Academic and Maker markets as I see it, which would indicate the kinds of support the LiveCode community would need to

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard PART 1

2013-09-05 Thread William Waldman
Sorry - Apparently this post is too large to go through without "moderator approval" and after 3 days, I think I'll just hack it in two. There's a huge groundswell of interest around a crop of new, relatively inexpensive ARM based single board computers and micro based boards (the Raspberry Pi, th

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-09-04 Thread Peter Alcibiades
, the Euler case from Akasa seems really neat, and that will support a low wattage i5 and a low profile itx board.. It won't be cheap but it could be a very nice little system. Peter -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Raspberry-Pi-vs-x86-emb

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-08-31 Thread Alex Tweedly
So help me out here: What am I not seeing about the attraction to Raspberry Pi? Why isn't the world just as excited about spending just an extra few bucks to get a more useful x86 system? I can think of a few reasons / answers. Even if each one is only a partial explanation, it all adds up

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-08-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Eller wrote: > For me personally, I would rather see an IDE for Android. Listers > will likely say, "Tablets are too small for productivity". I think the biggest challenge is being limited to a single window. A tablet IDE would need to be in a group that could be copied to the stack, an

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-08-31 Thread Roger Eller
On Aug 31, 2013 1:01 PM, "Richard Gaskin" wrote: > > I like the idea of a cheap computer, but it seems the LiveCode build for Linux/ARM needed to run on the Raspberry Pi is still only in its early stage - here's a blog entry that includes a link to download a test build if you're feeling adventurou

[OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-08-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
I like the idea of a cheap computer, but it seems the LiveCode build for Linux/ARM needed to run on the Raspberry Pi is still only in its early stage - here's a blog entry that includes a link to download a test build if you're feeling adventurous: