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| From | "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: Computers and personalities |
| Date | 2015-09-05 14:41 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mserar$lfn$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <msbqpo$7gc$1@dont-email.me> <URjGx.532034$vz7.54341@fx07.am4> |
"mm0fmf" <none@mailinator.com> wrote in message news:URjGx.532034$vz7.54341@fx07.am4... ... > Raspberry Pi, it's a cheap bit of computing hardware. Nothing more. Maybe. I don't think the "cheap" bit is relevant, though. If it were a costly piece of computing hardware it would still be just as personality-less. A faster CPU, bigger RAM, more USB ports etc would not change it into something with more character. That's not to say that I am putting the Pi down. Nearly all computers sold today are just bits of hardware. Especially when they run a popular operating system such as Windows or a Unix or Android etc many of the remaining differences between machines get obscured, and that's a big part of what an OS is there to do. The Pi's low-level IO features perhaps give it more character than most machines. You could argue that its lack of an internal clock gives it more character. I don't know. IMO that's probably more of a pain than an asset! You could view the Raspberry Pi as a motherboard. If it were to be built into a case then it might be more distinct. Say multiple Pis were built into a desktop case to make a compute farm. The resulting machine would have its own character. Or say a Pi was built into a laptop. The laptop would have a particular screen and keyboard and look and feel and hence, IMO, its own character. James
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Computers and personalities "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 11:13 +0100
Re: Computers and personalities mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-04 17:42 +0100
Re: Computers and personalities The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-05 07:33 +0100
Re: Computers and personalities David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-05 11:43 +0100
Re: Computers and personalities Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2015-09-05 12:06 +0100
Re: Computers and personalities Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-05 14:37 +0100
Re: Computers and personalities "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 14:45 +0100
Re: Computers and personalities "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 14:41 +0100
Re: Computers and personalities "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 15:02 +0100
Re: Computers and personalities Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-05 15:46 +0000
Re: Computers and personalities druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-09-13 12:02 +0100
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