Lol, I tried, mane. At least the name is out there.
Yeah I would not worry too much about it... that's Phoronix for you. Most article are not any better.
Maybe it was a tad better in the past... but really it's quite bad. I don't want to hate too much on it as I think it is mostly run by a single guy...
I would take all information on Phoronix with a grain of salt. Also they like to run benchmark that are often quite meaningless. If only because you're unsure if the tests where done properly / are actually representative of anything. I guess the problem is doing things right is actually quite hard.
Honestly Benchmark number in itself are often not interesting out of itself. Unless it is a very straightforward test, there are so many variable involved that you would actually have to find out WHY there is a difference.
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Remember that the Pandora was all over tech sites way before its release (as much as a month) resulting in it being sold out in about a day. This doesn't seem to be the case this time around, perhaps spread the word to tech site editorial contacts?
Well the Pandora pre-order was a complete mess... we don't want this to happen again:
- The price for the Pandora was under-estimated. In contrast the price for the Pyra is realistic / in-line to it's production cost. (I trust Evildragon on this).
- Pandora was supposed to ship real soon... but that was just an empty promise. It's possible Craig did actually believe he could ship it so fast. In any case it was sure not realistic. Remember no proper Pandora prototype existed at that time.
- The payment problem / frozen back account (...) was a huge issue.
At the end I can see how the Pandora seemed more attractive at the time: It was supposed to be cheaper and there where less choice of mobile devices at the time.
I feel much more at ease with the Pyra preorder, knowing that Evildragon is *very* careful about not making promises he can not keep. The Pyra is an expensive devices, unfortunately it has to be that way considering the low production number and the complexity.
And even with all the mobile devices out there, I still think the Pyra has a niche for itself. The combination of Linux OS/form factor/gaming input/keyboard/expandability is quite impressive.
