[GTALUG] Raspberry Pi 3 already!

[William Witteman]

I have seen a FLIR image that suggests that these are going to run a
lot hotter than the Pi2.  I am definitely interested, but I'd like to
see something definitive about heat, power and performance testing
before leaping into the fray.

I am less worried about the 32-bit software, because I am not likely
to run Raspian on one - I usually end up with a Debian, except for my
media player, which is running XMBC.

sincerely,

William Witteman
ww at witteman.ca
418-571-2432

william.witteman.ca


On 2 March 2016 at 16:13, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh at mimosa.com> wrote:
> and just two months after I bought a Pi 2 from Microsoft Store.
>
> Here are some highlights, possibly inaccurately remembered.
>
> Better
> - Arm A53: significantly faster than the A7(?) in the Pi 2.  64-bit
>
> - built in bluetooth and WiFi.  These apparently go through SDIO,
>   bypassing the USB bottleneck.
>
> - faster clocking for the GPU (I think)
>
> Worse:
>
> - takes more power to run.  You might need a new power supply
>
> Same:
>
> - no price increase!
>
> - same case and peripherals as Pi 2 (but LEDs move)
>
> - all USB is 2.0 (no USB 3.x)
>
> - too much goes through a single internal USB 2.0 bus (ethernet,
>   4 usb ports)
>
> - although the processor is 64-bit, the software is still 32-bit.  I hope
>   that this will change.
>
> - 1G of RAM
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