Chromebit

Turn any old monitor or TV into a computer

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Turn any old monitor or TV into a computer

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Question: how is it possible that it uses an Apple A4 processor? Does anybody know any other non-Apple devices that uses Apple processors?

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11yr ago

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@nicolasegosum It doesn’t, it uses a Rockchip RK3288-C + 4 x Cortex A17 + Mali T764 ARM System on a Chip. I don’t know why Amazon thinks it has an Apple A4.

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11yr ago

@cenk @nicolasegosum so can it run OSX?

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11yr ago

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@cenk Strage, I've been selling some stuff via an Amazon partnership in the past and they are very crazy about metadata and details.

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11yr ago

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@gsiener @nicolasegosum No, of course not.

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11yr ago

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Review: http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/...

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11yr ago

An interesting idea. It's $85, plus the cost of a bluetooth keyboard and mouse (a cheap combo can be found for $20, but that might not be ideal), and the cost of the monitor, which they could be targeting old ones lying around, but most old monitors lying around don't support hdmi. So you're looking at at least $100 for a monitor (in the US at least) but probably closer to $200. Even at $100, you're up to $205 at the cheapest. You migth be able to use an HDMI to DVI or VGA converter. For that you get a computer with only one USB port and no other ports. It has 16GB of storage and 2GB of RAM, and still needs a power brick. Is that really a bargain? At first I thought maybe something for my daughter to get her started on a computer, but I think a Kano kit based on the Raspberry Pi 2 would probably be better suited to kids, with its own keyboard/touchpad combo, 4 USB ports, and software designed to help teach kids about programming. I'm not sure who this product is targeted to really.

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11yr ago

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@trauring Who doesn't have a monitor or TV lying around, though? For me, it's effectively $85 (plus a keyboard and mouse, so maybe $100-$110 altogether).

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11yr ago

If a small business wanted to run a slideshow feed or something similar at the front desk or in a waiting area, Chromebit is probably the cheapest way to do it.

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11yr ago