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2017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains

posted by FatPhil on Thursday June 22 2017, @01:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the Pi-in-the-sky dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

The results are in: The Raspberry Pi 3 is the most desired maker SBC by a 4-to-1 margin. In other trends: x86 SBCs and Linux/Arduino hybrids get a boost.

More than ever, it's a Raspberry Pi world, and other Linux hacker boards are just living in it. Our 2017 hacker board survey gives the Raspberry Pi 3 a total of 2,583 votes — four times the number of the second-ranked board, the Raspberry Pi Zero W.

[...] Note that by "votes" we are referring to Borda rankings that combine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice rankings [...]

So, which if any credit-card-sized computers are you lot playing around with?

Source: http://linuxgizmos.com/2017-hacker-board-survey-raspberry-pi-still-rules-but-x86-sbcs-make-gains/

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Friday June 23 2017, @02:57AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday June 23 2017, @02:57AM (#529781)

    There are so many hidden side benefits to cattle mentality:

    - product lifetime, run with the herd and your board will be produced in greater numbers for a longer time
    - software support, pre-made goodies that you don't have to develop on your own
    - developer support, people suss out all the crazy edge cases and quirks and document them
    - cost, higher volumes, lower prices
    - delivery times, more in stock, less waiting
    - accessories

    But, yeah, if you got something that works better and/or costs less, sure, go for it. Problem is: Pi is so close to zero cost that it's almost impossible to beat the above on price, and so the only rational reason to go away from Pi is if you need more power - and the Pi3 is so freaking powerful compared to anything you might have bought 10 years ago, you have to need heavy graphics or supercomputing to have a good reason to go upmarket.

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