You probably have a bad unit (either hardware or software). My iMito MX1 is rock stable in android. XBMC is not stable yet, there are occasional FCs, but it closes gracefully without any trouble to the OS.
I usually buy stuff on Amazon. Please check what Raspberry Pi costs on Amazon and then compare to Amazon's MK808 price. I checked a few sites like Adafruit that offer Raspberry PI for $35+cheap shipping but they don't have it in stock
Don't forget that you have to add a case (~$10) and wi-fi adapter if you need wireless connectivity, while in in mk808/iMito it is included. No ethernet though, but I didn't need it anyway.
Even if you ship by regular registered mail (e.g. by HK post) and not by private companies like DHL/Fedex/UPS?
Yes, you can run a Beowulf cluster of them!
I would rather compare to RK3066-based miniPCs. It's a dual-core platform with very good performance and has a number of mini-PCs based on it (MK808, UG808, iMITO etc). Android is a joy to use on this platform, and linux is under development.
The price is 50-60$ including shipping, which is not a lot more than 35$+shipping
I don't understand the point of getting Raspberry Pi with its ancient CPU. For ~50$ (including shipping from China) you can get mk808, which has:
1GB RAM/8GB flash
Dual core 1.2GHz Cortex A9 CPU (RK3066)
MicroSD/USB/HDMI/Built-in Wi-Fi
It's not the real Chrome, just UIWebView skin. But you probably know that.
Well, you might have some false memories. The only religious wars I did participate in until now were related to Linux vs. other OSes or Android vs. iOS etc.
Actually my answer was somewhat poor attempt at humor - you ranted about a discussion completely unrelated to the original subject, so I answered with a post completely unrelated to yours. Never mind.
But I do think that all religions and deities are stupid and bad for humankind (or in slightly unscientific terms - they suck), and I'm not afraid to offend anyone by saying so. Yes, in RL as well. And I don't care about all the flamebait moderations I'll receive for it.
Well, god sucks. Hope that answers your rant.
You are right, I confused monopoly with "dominant firm".
Right now they have monopoly on tablets (monopoly is legally defined as more than 50% market share in a particular market).
But I really hope it will change soon.
Something fishy is going on, the obvious shill is modded up, while any attempt to object is immediately labelled as trolling.
I guess it's time to move on from shillsdot.org to some other place.
How did a post from an obvious Microsoft shill received +5 Interesting moderation?
Signs for a Microsoft shill:
- Very long first post
- The only post by the user ever (rarely followed by one-two additional responses)
- Very clear and strong anti-Google or pro-Microsoft message
We really want the shill to get away from Slashdot (maybe the company management doesn't, but the users do).
Moderators, please always recognize the shills before modding up, and mod them down into oblivion.
We also need a new moderation: -1 Astroturfing.
Please do something about it, it really hurts to see this site destroyed by paid mercenaries.
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