Intel and ASUS Agree to Term Sheet to Take NUC Systems Product Line Forward

Re:Intel and ASUS Agree to Term Sheet to Take NUC Systems Pr... by dacryn on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @05:26AM (#36783878)

at those form factors, they were quite price competitive.

Yes many alternatives cost less, but if you want to tape them to the back of a TV that generates heat and has to be turned on 24/7 to display advertisements, video,..., they were cheapest by far.

Or in meeting rooms to display zoom/teams, ... A raspberry pi just doesn't handle those scenario's

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Re:Intel and ASUS Agree to Term Sheet to Take NUC Systems Pr... by tracker1 on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @12:19PM (#36788873)

An RPi actually can handle those scenarios in many usecases. A Chromecast devices with a server feed can as well.

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Re:Intel and ASUS Agree to Term Sheet to Take NUC Systems Pr... by merlyn on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @01:16PM (#36789883)

I've found in the long term, it can not. In the short term, yes it does work.

Perhaps my failure rate is just high, but micro-mini systems for that use case were much more reliable for me over long time frames.

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Re:Intel and ASUS Agree to Term Sheet to Take NUC Systems Pr... by tracker1 on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @01:36PM (#36790195)

I've fount the weakest link is usually the microsd cards... I've tended towards usb drives, but ymmv of course. I also switched to intel mini pcs, that offer a lot more when the gouging was happening over covid.

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Re:Intel and ASUS Agree to Term Sheet to Take NUC Systems Pr... by thrashh on Thursday July 20, 2023 @02:56AM (#36797580)

But not as reliably. Especially the Chromecast.

Paying extra for reliability is absolutely worth it.

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