Sunday, November 25, 2012
8:01 AM

Raspberry Pi vs MK802

There has been a ton on news in the open source world revolving around the Raspberry Pi. It was one of the first low cost, ARM computers to be targeted at the hobbyist and educational markets. I've owned a Raspberry Pi for many months now and while it does an alright job at playing media files and acting as a small server - for most computing tasks it simply didn't have enough resources available to be useful.

My dedicated x86 media PC I'd been using for some time died a few months back and I had been searching for a low cost replacement for the system - I finally found it in the ARM powered MK802 device.


I've been using the MK802 almost daily for close to a month now and it shocks me that this awesome device hasn't gotten more press in the FOSS world. I plan to write a formal review of the device in the next week, but for now I would like to simply do a comparison between the MK802 and the latest RPI Model B device:


MK802
Raspberry Model B
Processor
1.5ghz
1.0ghz
RAM
1 gig
512 meg
Internal Storage
4 gig
None
USB Ports
One
Two
Networking
Wireless
Wired
Video Out
HDMI Mini
HDMI, RCA
Audio Out
HDMI
HDMI, 3.5m
Storage
Micro SD
SDHC
Size
8.8 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm
8.560 cm × 5.4 cm
Cost+Shipping to US
38.50
43.33

In addition to having superior specs at a lower price point than the RPI Model B, the MK802 also included an HDMI mini to HDMI cord, power adapter, and the device is in a case by default instead of just being a raw board. Needless to say I am impressed with the little device. For those interested in picking up an MK802 I got mine from Amazon here.

~Jeff Hoogland

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