> > The Raspberry Pi was cheap, easy to set up, fits in my small cab, requires no > > cooling, and plays all of the games I'm interested in with aplomb. > > > > Surely the definition of 'decent hardware' is hardware that meets your use-case > > requirements? > > Why would I want to replace it with a honking great pc that sucks in power and > blows > > out hot air, just to play the exact same games? > > Don't use a 12V-heavy Prescott system with a shitty Chinese power supply designed for > a Pentium 3, problem solved. PCs have changed this side of 2004. As for power > consumption, I'm sure changing out those incandescent bulbs for CFLs or LEDs have > already paid for your energy bill. > > > > > The Raspberry Pi is an elegant solution to my particular requirements. > > Not elegant or cheap. Just a glorified, oversized cellphone with the power of a > Williamette-era Pentium 4 (if that).
That would still make it faster than the computer I used when I first tried MAME, that was a Pentium 75, in 1997, the version was .1 but I liked a different Emulator back then more than MAME, it would run Pacman at full speed which MAME wouldn't do on a P75 but it do come close. The RPi was cheap for was I used it for, though it NOT for playing MAME, but works for what I want it to do.
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