Which Single Computer Board to buy?

all depends on what you need it for

list your needs, then search

like what one I needed,

arm based

usb at least 2

ethernet and able to use wifi

os ready and easy setup

able to use a server with a SSH function

cost "35.00"

if it's a microcontroller

then a Arduino is a good one to start with

UNO is the best and once your done with the program a put it on the chip you can pull it out and imbed it in a project and order a new ATMEL chip and reuse the Arduino for other project's

just remember to make a list and figure out what you new before you buy it

I think this thread has gone stale, but as you say with so many good boards about you need to have a very good list of requirements for some one not to give you many  opinions  none or all suitable for your needs. It's not sensible to ask a 3rd party what your requirements are

just remember that the computer use choice must meet your needs or at least most. But to ask a 3rd party isn't bad because sometime's someone else maybe able to even add to the list or subtract because they may know something you may not. question's are good because they lead to knowledge.

Where as asking a 3rd party advice obviously isn't bad. the advice can be better if they give more information about the intended use and the current skills of the person. In fact to ask these questions is very sensible because often the question initiator hasn't asked these of them selves.

Finally it's only an opinion hopefully made on the best available information and in  the end it's up to the initiator to take the views on board and make the decision. Blindly believing that one is good and another bad for a purpose is just pointless.

Where as asking a 3rd party advice obviously isn't bad. the advice can be better if they give more information about the intended use and the current skills of the person. In fact to ask these questions is very sensible because often the question initiator hasn't asked these of them selves.

Finally it's only an opinion hopefully made on the best available information and in  the end it's up to the initiator to take the views on board and make the decision. Blindly believing that one is good and another bad for a purpose is just pointless.

(To mangle a quote to fit this scenario), "context is king".

Yes Context is indeed King here and the whole point of giving useful advice rather than opinion is to ask the original poster for some context.

The problem is that after nearly 2 months many have forgotten about their post and don't reply. no Context little point ... Most of these boards are pretty good at general stuff, it's the specifics that matter if you really want a excellent choice

The original poster last logged in on 15 Sept.

On the other hand he did mark two answers as helpful, which is more than some that ask and dissappear.

Like most answers already provided, it really depends on the use or intended application.

Running a power hungry RPi for a simple battery powered data collection is probably not the best idea, as there are far better options.

Just like "which car should I buy", there really isn't a simple, or right answer.

Mark

Yes that is more than most, pity he didn't feel the need to visit us again after his initial help.

It would be nice to know how many of the 300K "members" are 1 timers or 1-10 times etc I think it would give an indication to how useful they found the site as a whole

John Alexander wrote:

 

It would be nice to know how many of the 300K "members" are 1 timers or 1-10 times etc I think it would give an indication to how useful they found the site as a whole

I think the percentage of single-use accounts is frighteningly high.

One of  the guys did some analysis a couple of years back when it was 150-200K  which basically confirmed this

Been working on a script querying the Jive API, will see what I can retrieve from that

That would be an interesting script to see.