Raspberry Pi 2 unveiled, $35 for quad Cortex-A7 and Windows 10

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Raspberry Pi 2 unveiled, $35 for quad Cortex-A7 and Windows 10 - GSMArena Blog

Out of the blue the new Raspberry Pi 2 is official. It’s a successor to the B+ model and features the same hardware arrangement (1x Ethernet, 4x USB 2.0), but a much upgraded CPU – a quad-core Cortex-A7 at 900MHz. The best part is that Microsoft will provide a free Windows 10 version!
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holy cow :shock:

All this for the same $35 price tag.

The old ARMv6 single core processor has been replaced by a quad-core Cortex-A7 (ARMv7) and is “6 times faster.” I put that in quotes because depending on workload – say SunSpider – just one of the four cores can be 4 times faster than the original Pi processor. The new instruction set has a potential for a 20x increase in video decoding performance.

Also, the RAM has been doubled to 1GB. There’s no Model A 2 for now though that hasn’t been ruled out. The chipset uses the same GPU as before, which should still be pretty fast. It’s the only 3D GPU with a public documentation, which makes it the only viable choice for a system that values openness.

In terms of software, the Raspberry Pi 2 will use the same ARMv6 Raspbian (based on Debian) at launch, but the ARMv7 version of Debian is being tasted to see if it’s faster or a hybrid between the two will be a better option. There’s an ARMv7 version of Ubuntu available right now.
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Perfect for basic tasks and use as a HTPC. :D
 
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amit.tiger12

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great VFM... btw windows 10 becoming everyone's talking point :)
 
srkmish

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Will it be able to perform tasks such as photoshop, video editing with windows 10 . I don't want speed, only reliability.
 
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SaiyanGoku

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srkmish said:
Will it be able to perform tasks such as photoshop, video editing with windows 10 . I don't want speed, only reliability.
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Those tasks will be overkill for it. Its a 35$ quad core Cortex-A7 board with 1 GB ram and certainly isn't meant for such resource intensive tasks. :|
 
srkmish

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I think it might run those tasks slowly . My 5 year old single core Atom + 1 gb ram is able to run photoshop and do a bit of video editing tasks, albeit with laggard pace.
 
abhigeek

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$hadow

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It is basically a low spec mobile based chip which is mainly fulfilling the bare bones requirements to run windows.
 
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teknoklutz

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Is there a guide on this forum on how to make it into a HTPC or can someone suggest...
I am planning to make a HTPC and was wondering if this would be a good option.
 
ankush28

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It won't run most x86 windows application so hold your horses!

Free windows 10 is ARM embedded low end version of windows 10.:conspiracy:
 
baiju

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Raspberry Pi 2 pre-order started in crazypi.com. Price is 3.2K.

*www.crazypi.com/raspberry-pi-products/Raspberry-Pi-2-1GB-India/RASPBERRY-PI-2-MODEL-B-INDIA
 
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SaiyanGoku

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baiju said:
Raspberry Pi 2 pre-order started in crazypi.com. Price is 3.2K.

*www.crazypi.com/raspberry-pi-products/Raspberry-Pi-2-1GB-India/RASPBERRY-PI-2-MODEL-B-INDIA
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I think I'll buy after my end sems in may when price gets normalised. Will have a good amount of free time then.
 
baiju

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If it can run windows and utorrent, I will buy one. At present using model B and transmission, but it is not as good as utorrent in windows.
 
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