second exodous
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It is too early to be thinking about new SoC boards. . . A new SoC would be more appropriate 1.5-2 years after the Pyra releases.
Exactly, lets not have a kickstarter this early, say a year and a half like you said.
But - I could see where a Kickstarter might work for an alternate Pyra based product that would add publicity to the project and the current model.
I don't think this is a good idea, especially a 'Pyrathin', no changes to the hardware until we get at least a few CPU/GPU board revisions. This would make it so the cost of producing the Pyra not go down.
Much of the software that you're referring to maturing is directly related to specific hardware.
I don't think you understood me, we should wait until the current software is mature on the current hardware, or what is released. There is no way it will be perfect for mass appeal. I use Linux exclusively and just the OS alone needs tweaking for the Pyra before you can just have anyone pay full price for a Pyra. Everything needs to mature for the masses.
Grench, you seem like a knowledgeable person when it comes to tech, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about possibly thousands of people that would order the Pyra thinking it would be as refined software wise as something Apple puts out. The OS and the software needs time to get the bugs out, I think 1.5 years to 2 years would be good enough.
If ED makes any changes to the main board in that time and introduces it in a kickstarter with the revised CPU boards that's fine as long as the CPU board works on the current version of the Pyra so people can both upgrade and/or get a whole new Pyra.