2013-09-14, 13:07
(2013-09-14, 12:02)joelbaby Wrote: So... don't wait for the new Celeron $139 NUC, and buy the CuBox-i2Ultra for $95 in that case.I won't buy the Cubox because as I said it's not x86 based. To me that's the major asset of this NUC, having a x86 architecture. The 16Gb SSD for $20 is really interesting, do you have a link ?
The NUC is $45 more expensive, but you get a platform which is far better supported in the linux community.
You could even add one of the cheap KingSpec 16Gb SSD's into it which cost about $20 if you want to avoid the removable thumb drive issue.
Quote:You say that the cost of a NUC with an SSD and 4Gb RAM is more expensive than an ARM device with 1Gb RAM and no SSD. What is your point?I didn't even speak of 4GB Ram plus you're misreading again, what I actually said was that a NUC WITHOUT an SSD/HDD and WITHOUT RAM is more expensive (46%) than a full box like the cubox which is fanless and has some additional features.
Quote:The fan is a non-issue when it comes to noise, which has been said by many people on here. Look at the x-26 thread for example.That's good to know. I'll look into it.
Quote:The NUC itself is not that expensive for a x86 computer. But a lot of ARM devices can have a full OS and run XBMC. And lets face it, ARM is the direct competition here for this use ( Linux / XBMC ). CuBox-i2Ultra and CuBox-i4Pro probably can, ODROID-U2 and quite a few others can do it.Quote:but the goal here is to have a full OS in order...In which case the NUC is not expensive. Unless you know of a competing device which runs a full OS, and runs XBMC fast on top of the OS.
My point is that it is slightly too expensive hardware wise when you put the NUC in front of the ARM alternatives.