Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Oct 2007 20:39 UTC, submitted by teigetje
Drobe pitches the A9Home against the Koolu Net Appliance. "The A9home has won the hearts of some RISC OS users, but how does it fare in the big bad world of embedded and small-form factor computing? David Llewellyn-Jones pits his Advantage Six A9home against the Koolu Net Appliance to find out."
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The A9Home is expensive for two main reasons, both of which are related: It runs RISC OS, and RISC OS is not cheap. Some would say it's hideously over-priced for what it is. The other reason is the hardware RISC OS requires. The CPU module in the A9Home most likely costs twice that of an AMD Geode - ARMs, and the RAM for them, are not very cheap. Also being assembled and manufactured mostly in the UK doesn't help the price, here.