Which is faster: The Evolve III Maestro or the Raspberry Pi 4?

[@KM4ACK]

A lot of Build a Pi will work but not all of it. Some of it is specific to the ARM processor and may not load correctly on the x86 platform.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Which parts?

[@Siskiyous6]

Thank you for the input Jason.

[@stewartrv]

I'm also wondering about an install of Raspbian X86 ??? Still not ARM of course but at least many other differences would be eliminated...

[@temporarilyoffline]

Give it a shot

[@Siskiyous6]

This is a nice way to show us what to expect. Thanks Steve.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Honestly they are about even... laptop might win because keyboard mouse screen

[@gaptastic]

This is a great test! When you think about carrying/packaging and setting up the two (pi and evolve), yeah evolve makes sense for the portable ham use case.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Thanks!

[@robs3320]

Build a Pi for this would be fantastic. Runs from 12vdc no need for buck converter and has screen keyboard and mouse, My local micro center has the lte versions in stock. guess I'm going for a drive. Great vid

[@temporarilyoffline]

This guy gets it!

[@algorithms-memo104]

What I noticed about the spreadsheet is that, while the Pi had fewer advantages, all the ones it did have were significant (like 3x or 8x) while the Evolve advantages were marginal with one exception, which is significant. That said, loving my Evolve so far! Thanks for benchmarking.

[@temporarilyoffline]

I think the build in keyboard, video and mouse at this price point are the killer deal. I don't understand how they can make a profit at this price point.

[@mikegassman3593]

Got a Microcenter flyer on Friday. There is a coupon for Evolve III for $39.95, limit one.

[@temporarilyoffline]

That's awesome! Find some friends!

[@norrinradd8952]

I think this was a fair test. You're really just comparing how well each device will perform the same task. The next test might be which device emits the most RF.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Ooh RF test! Good idea!

[@n5pa]

I have enjoyed my Evolve III so far and I am using a Samsung USB Attached 1TB SSD for my D:\ drive and they work real well together. I am going to test it with WSJT-X tomorrow with my FT-891 and DigiRig.

[@temporarilyoffline]

It will work great for that!

[@n5pa]

@@temporarilyoffline - I retired 4 years ago in IT Management. We were mainly a Linux Shop and I still enjoy the platform after retirement. Take some old gear and refurbish it with more memory and a SSD and it makes a nice responsive Linux computer. Even though we were mainly a Red Hat Enterprise shop, we still used a good number of Debian computers, especially with our network guys. But I still use Windows mainly for my logging software. But all the scripts we developed for networking and cybersecurity made Linux a great tool.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Nice! Try CQRLog or HAMRS for logging on Linux, I use both depending on the task.

[@503Nick]

Wowsers! Great video

[@temporarilyoffline]

Kinda sums that up, huh?

[@johnward7894]

They were shipping them but I don't know what happened

[@temporarilyoffline]

Right

[@johnward7894]

@@temporarilyoffline I think somebody ordered multiple ones and put them on Amazon

[@temporarilyoffline]

@@johnward7894 smart!

[@edbeckerich3737]

A motherboard will always best an SBC all other things being equal, good test

[@temporarilyoffline]

Thanks Ed

[@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures]

Man now I'm totally confused.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Its an interesting laptop for sure.

[@don_n5skt]

You didn't compare the Bogomips? 😉And the laptop with screen and keyboard powers directly with 12V.

[@temporarilyoffline]

LOL@Bogomips - I never found them useful. I think the #fengtop wins this round.

[@don_n5skt]

@@temporarilyoffline That is why it is funny. I never understood what that was even used for.

[@metroatlantahamradio334]

Dang!

[@temporarilyoffline]

Yeah, not a bad little toy!

[@drbmac31]

Luck, the yoyo capital of the world.

[@temporarilyoffline]

You got it!