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Why would you want to use a Microsoft OS on this system? Linux will have full drivers, unlike windows where you actually have to download drivers from the manufacturer.
10 "My ethernet won't work"
20 "Download the driver from the manufacturers website"
30 GOTO 10
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What on earth is this "hardware ecosystem" you refer to?
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2013-08-20, 00:15
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-20, 00:17 by MediaPi.)
thanks calisto, every little does help
I will add this to the original post.
I'm just learning more things about the NUC and found out they will have two new revised NUC's with the Haswell CPU in a matter of weeks. (as most of you already know) and I would hold on till then. I will be surprised if they dropped the price for the older models but who knows.
And I'm guessing the ebay market will get more of the older models at a cheaper price, for people wanting to upgrade. So hold on for a little while and if you find any more cheaper items I would happy to add to the original post.
Edit: I actually like the aamzon one alot more not because its slightly cheaper but because your dealing with Amazon and their returns policy..good catch
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(2013-08-19, 15:12)MediaPi Wrote: My aim was to inform, think I went overboard. My main point was that the Ouya is what you get and will in the future (year) need an upgrade. (For those who will refute this argument, I will say look at the trend with the Pi and how quickly people have moved on to the next best biggest thing. And the NUC) So in the course of both systems, you would most likely spend the same amount of money if not more on the Ouya (by upgrading to newer hardware) than the NUC, while you can enjoy the NUC more in the same time.
Lots of people are still using the Pi. Lots more are still buying the Pi for the sole reason of running XBMC on it. I still have all three Raspberry Pis that I bought (4, technically, but one died in an accident). The Pi's performance with XBMC has even drastically improved since last year at this time. And this is a system that can be really slow in the UI depending on what is being done. That's a problem the OUYA doesn't have.
There would be no incentive to buy a new device "just cause". Skins are becoming more efficient to weaker hardware, XBMC is running more efficiently, not the other way around. New video codecs don't get released every year, and the only ones people should worry about are the ones that nether the Celeron NUC or OUYA can run.
Like I said, I would go with the NUC myself, because I do agree that you get more bang-for-your-buck, especially as a main system, but I don't think some of your listed reasons are accurate.
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HA?
I don't have a NUC. If I had to buy an HTPC and didn't already have something, I would probably go with a NUC (probably one of the upcoming ones).
I have a 2009 Macbook Pro, 2 ATV1s, 1 ATV2, 1 Pivos XIOS, 3 Raspberry Pis, and an old AMD Athlon something. Formally have had an ATOM-based HTPC, and have gotten to use various hardware running XBMC here and there (including the OUYA).
