Pre-Order Microsoft's Sharks Cove Developer Board
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exfileme
July 29, 2014 11:43:48 AM
Microsoft's Sharks Cove board is now ready for pre-purchasing.
Pre-Order Microsoft's Sharks Cove Developer Board : Read more
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hannibal
July 29, 2014 12:20:52 PM
WithoutWeakness
July 29, 2014 12:44:13 PM
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If this is Raspberry Pi alternative, then the price is quite steep... about 10 times...I don't think it's meant to compete with RPi in the consumer and hobbyist spaces. It seems to be a (relatively) cheap x86 board that can run Windows OSes and has plenty of IO for custom development projects for teams and companies that don't have to funding to have prototype hardware built for them. There are cheaper options for hobbyist x86 boards but having Microsoft design and build it specifically for the needs of developers is likely what drives the price up.
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sean1357
July 29, 2014 3:52:52 PM
JOSHSKORN
July 29, 2014 6:02:54 PM
sonofliberty08
July 29, 2014 8:51:03 PM
sonofliberty08
July 29, 2014 8:59:23 PM
WithoutWeakness said:
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If this is Raspberry Pi alternative, then the price is quite steep... about 10 times...I don't think it's meant to compete with RPi in the consumer and hobbyist spaces. It seems to be a (relatively) cheap x86 board that can run Windows OSes and has plenty of IO for custom development projects for teams and companies that don't have to funding to have prototype hardware built for them. There are cheaper options for hobbyist x86 boards but having Microsoft design and build it specifically for the needs of developers is likely what drives the price up.
VIA already have the native x86 pico-itx board out for age, and if mini-itx size suit the requirement, AMD C-70 APU onboard was still the cheapest and best native x86 solution u can get at this moment.
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sb1370
July 30, 2014 12:20:10 AM
shriganesh
July 30, 2014 2:53:06 AM
ikefu
July 30, 2014 8:28:57 AM
The real Raspberry Pi competitor with Bay Trail silicon is the MinnowBoard v2 (http://minnowboard.org). Its $99 which is three times a the cost of a Pi but 1/3 the cost of Sharks Cove. It will also blow the computing power of the Pi so far out of the water it isn't even in the same ball park. Its a great Pi alternative if you need Intel level computing power.
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ichigokunbaka
July 30, 2014 9:38:59 AM
boytitan2
July 30, 2014 11:07:36 AM
ozicom
July 30, 2014 5:43:03 PM
I hope it can stack daughterboards so we can add more ability to this board. Also it's better have a Sata or mSata connector cause SD card is really bad choice for this price. By the way it'll be better have a LVDS port or edp port than a HDMI interface. I'll follow this product, i think chinese fakes will be produced soon at 1/5 price
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tului
July 31, 2014 5:12:28 AM
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Nvidia you should just scrap the atom name it has a bad rep it is ruining your sales. Well, other than it being Intel that makes and markets the Atom, not Nvidia, you are right. They really should come up with a new name. Even as someone who knows the new models are decent, the name conjures up horrible images of crap performance.
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FrodoSwaggins
July 31, 2014 9:21:20 AM
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