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echo: rberrypi
to: JAMIE KAHN GENET
from: AHEM A RIVET`S SHOT
date: 2017-07-19 09:29:00
subject: Re: Dreaming of the next

On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:31:54 +1200
jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:

> I reckon the age of super cheap but still highly capable general purpose
> personal computers, will be a bright one. And I expect people in less
> developed countries will be even more enthusiastic than I for such
> devices.

 Yep - the RK3399 based boards have hit my personal list of
required features for a replacement desktop. It's a pity that the dev
boards with ubuntu support are nearly twice the price of the TV boxes - and
that I'd really prefer to run FreeBSD - but the hardware is there and will
no doubt be getting cheaper.

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