[Soekris] additional RAM

[Arnt Gulbrandsen]

Farid Hajji writes:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 12:02:14PM +1000, sam wun wrote:
>> That's not good enough. Norcotek and Commell provides more advance 
>> hardware configuration then Soekris. And the price is not too much 
>> expensive than Soekris.
>
> Indeed! This is Soekris' main shortcoming. There are many settings out 
> there where 128/256 MB are simply not enough, yet the CPU is more 
> than adequate!

Agreed.

> I've been looking for 512MB or 1GB low-power Soerkis-like boards for a 
> while (EPIA and the like are not good enough because they need 
> special power supplies, making them both quite expensive AND power 
> hungry); and it doesn't matter if RAM is soldered on board or 
> expandable...
>
> Yet, despite this (I think important!) RAM issue, Soekris hardware is 
> quite good, compared to other manufacturers. I sure hope Soeren will 
> provide something with more RAM in the future - it's not really THAT 
> difficult, or is it?

I'll line up to buy a gigabyte box when Soekris makes one.

Soekris hardware's so nice. I can't remember seeing any other 
x86-compatible computer I would trust to stay alive for ten years.

Arnt