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mwcampbell on July 15, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: $99 ARM-based PC runs either Ubuntu or Android

I wonder why CompuLab chose an ARM SoC over a recent Atom-based one. The Atom-based Clover Trail SoC, for example, is competitive with the Tegra 3 in terms of power consumption and performance. And of course an x86-based system can run a lot more software out of the box.

hollerith on July 15, 2013 [–]

There are no Linux drivers for the graphics engine in Clover Trail.

(And of course licensing Windows would have increased the price by a large factor.)

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