[ale] $25 Micro LInux Computer - the size of a USB key

[arxaaron]

> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Aaron Ruscetta <arxaaron at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> OK.  So much for playing with Arduinos....
>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/


On 2011/05/07, at 13:56 , Sparr wrote:
> I doubt this device has a comparable battery life, and that has always
> been the draw of "microcontrollers" over "microprocessors" (despite
> the distinction being very fuzzy and far from its original meaning).
> Try putting a 700MHz ARM in something that runs off a single AA.

Good point on power consumption issues, but I'm
with Jim in thinking that this design still has a lot of
potentials for Thin Client type applications (where
the hardware H.264 decode could be a huge bonus)
as well as for appliance devices and a great hacker
platform.

peace
aaron