I love the idea of mini-pcs, but the specs are always dismal.
To me is teems like a single-purpose machine deisgned for web-surfing. People do more than surf and so I see less utility in this that I do in a ChromeBook.
Maybe with 4GB with root access and allowing me to change the distro and operate a lightweight server. Say SABnzbd, or plex media server(but not for transcoding, of course).
I bought a Zonbu when they appeared and ran mine until it died a few years back. It was handy for quick local network admin tasks and ran a few low priority cron jobs. Very cheap to operate, too.
You're probably not in the target market for this one.
> The computer revolution is one of the greatest revolutions in human history. And yet, 75% of the world still lives outside of its reach, struggling to fulfill the most basic of needs... This product has been designed in emerging markets, with our users. During our three years of research, we encountered thousands of ways in which technology today does not meet the needs of our users. And during those same three years of development, we have built the solutions that do.
Perhaps not, but I'm willing to help support their efforts, I just don't want any more dusty hardware on the shelf than I have. I think that adding a couple GB to the package or a second slot would boost demand and drive down unit cost.
I'm not looking for something powerful, just a small, low-power box to run daemons, but 2GB is limiting it's usefulness.
Even when they are distributed exactly to their demographic, that 2GB will be a wall they hit as they become adept at computer use. Then they'll have hardware that is not quite big enough.
I want it to succeed, but I can see it becoming obsolete in a couple of years.
To me is teems like a single-purpose machine deisgned for web-surfing. People do more than surf and so I see less utility in this that I do in a ChromeBook.
Maybe with 4GB with root access and allowing me to change the distro and operate a lightweight server. Say SABnzbd, or plex media server(but not for transcoding, of course).
I bought a Zonbu when they appeared and ran mine until it died a few years back. It was handy for quick local network admin tasks and ran a few low priority cron jobs. Very cheap to operate, too.