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I already pre-ordered one.

this is an amazing device for the price.

along with an apple dac and volumio or Lms this will make a great little audio and internet radio streamer

I use a pi3 for this now, but this new zero will work just fine.

you could also easily use this as a 80s arcade machine emulator, it should easily run most games from that time period

I may do that for fun

1 posted on 10/28/2021 1:27:32 PM PDT by algore
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The 65mm x 30mm board features a quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 CPU, clocked at 1GHz.

I remember my first computer, an Amiga 500, had a 7.16 MHz clock.

2 posted on 10/28/2021 1:30:57 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Awesome to think that such a small thing likely has more computing power than was on the Apollo spacecraft. Imagine what those missions could have done with all the saved weight.


3 posted on 10/28/2021 1:31:42 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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Hmm, thanks for the heads up. I am a pentester and a small hidden PC is useful for a fairly large number of applications. I have too many projects on my plate to play with this right now but ...

Augmented reality display with touch screen keyboard could be VERY discrete.


6 posted on 10/28/2021 1:35:36 PM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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They are fun and cheap. I am automating my RV with an older Pi. I use another for media. And with older monitors or TVs at thrift stores you can have a serviceable computer for under $50.

Of course we still need a massive government welfare program to buy kids the latest and greatest ipads for their indoctrination camps.


8 posted on 10/28/2021 1:36:07 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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Can I run Win-7 Pro x64 on it?


10 posted on 10/28/2021 2:05:03 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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I miss Computer Shopper magazine.
13 posted on 10/28/2021 2:13:29 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Wonder if it will be any more consistently available in the US than the Zero has been.


15 posted on 10/28/2021 2:19:22 PM PDT by bigbob
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Okay, I’m a dummy here. What are these and what use are they? Are they used as front end controllers for other devices? I have no clue. And will it run a MacOS or iOS?


19 posted on 10/28/2021 2:24:02 PM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me! )
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It just makes no sense to me to have only one USB port. Sure you can use BT for stuff but if you need USB and end up hanging a powered hub on it the result is an ugly mess.

But did I order one? Youbetcha.


20 posted on 10/28/2021 2:26:05 PM PDT by bigbob
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Just to add that their ability to design custom SoC packages is becoming a real competency and pays dividends as we see in the Zero 2, where the SoC was made to fit in the constraints of the PoP ram packaging scheme. Pretty slick.


21 posted on 10/28/2021 2:43:22 PM PDT by bigbob
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Is it Windows 11 certified? If so forget it.


24 posted on 10/28/2021 2:59:01 PM PDT by McGruff
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I got a rasberry pi 400 and have a ball with it. still exploring everything i can do


25 posted on 10/28/2021 3:05:50 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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I was hoping for an upgrade to the Pi 4 but an able $15 unit is cool and good for the kids. I’m wanting to make a Home Media Center from a Pi 4 or Pi 400 which is a Pi 4 built into a keyboard and we usually end up using a wireless USB keyboard anyway for a firestick or the nVidia Shield TV. The stick as outdated and the Shield went capoot so I’m wanting to replace them with something that has zero preinstalled app crapp and isn’t a product of BigTech.


28 posted on 10/28/2021 4:02:36 PM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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41 posted on 11/04/2021 4:44:38 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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