[K3PZN-List] Raspberry Pi 2

[Rich Mitchell]

The cheaper Allied version is the B+ while the Element 14 is the new RPi 2.  Here is how one blog summed up the difference:  Raspberry Pi 2 vs Raspberry Pi B+: Which Should I Buy?

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The Raspberry Pi 2 maintains the compact form factor of other Pi models, but there's one key difference - it's shedloads more powerful. The board's new Broadcom SoC boasts a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU running at up to 900MHz, easily topping the 700MHz single-core ARM CPU found in the previous chipset. A Videocore IV GPU remains a constant in both products, but memory is doubled in the latest model, with the Pi 2 coming with 1GB of RAM compared to the B+'s 512MB. More RAM, more CPU cores, higher clock speed - the Raspberry Pi 2's hardware is superior to the B+ in pretty much every way.

Don't know what will show up on the reflector, but hopefully the cut and pasted section from the blog will.
Rich
 


     On Thursday, April 2, 2015 8:02 PM, John Chesley <hamster749 at comcast.net> wrote:
   

 Rich,

I am on their mailing list and see the price.  What is the difference between this one and the Allied version that is cheaper?

John

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MicroCenter is running a $5 off special on their Pi 2s.  You can pick up to ten for $29.99 each.  I have 4 reserved to turn into a Hadoop cluster - since that's what I like to do with them.  See Pat's info on using them for satellite work.  This deal is good through Saturday.  I find the Joppa Road location in Towson (just outside the beltway) to be the handiest for me. Rich N3III ______________________________________________________________

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