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 Message 494 
 Maurice Kinal to Richard Menedetter 
 CRC32 
 06 Oct 16 13:35:15 
 
-={ 2016-10-06 15:35:15.403531655+02:00 }=-

Hey Richard!

 RM> RPi3 is _CHEAPER_ here than the RPi2.

At the local robot shop in Nanaimo they are about the same price within a
couple of CAD (<- Canadian dollars) and the RPi2 is a tad cheaper.

 RM> Faster CPU which is 64 capable.

That seem to be debatable.  The cpu is 64 bit but nobody seems to want to go
out on a limb as far as a 64 bit OS is concerned.  Without knowing for sure,
the only one who is talking about the possibility is Linaro and they are not
supporting RPi3 from what I understand about it all.

 RM> Integrated WLAN and BT.

The wlan interests me since it *should* be mesh capable.  I've never cared
about bluetooth but somebody around here might.

So far I am not convinced.  Offhand, without knowing for sure, the odroid
appears to be a better choice which uses the same cpu except clocked at 2GHz
and comes with 2G of ram and a gigabit network chip.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Meotud ana wat hwær se cwealm cymeþ, þe heonon of cyþþe gewiteþ.
    Only God knows where plague goes when it departs from a place.
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