December 17th, 2018 at 6:41 PM
Just got caught up with this a bit. Looking very nice! Love the 3D printed case and the retro designs and keyboards! The mouse actually looks pretty freaking cool. 
As for the SWIM interface, this I think is just about the best thing I've ever seen. I can't even begin to imagine how much time must have been spent by somebody to design that. I'd probably wind up using it honestly.
And the core m3 powered board looks really nice as well. ARM processors have come quite a long way in a few years, but Apple is the only manufacturer that has (as of yet) been able to surpass everyday midrange intel processors in terms of performance. Even so, this is quite impressive given that these processors are generally designed specifically to fit inside of tablets, phones, watches, and other small form factors without high power requirements. And the fact that Apple has surpassed the majority of intel core i5 processors now in their A11 and A12 Bionic chips, and that the Qualcomm SnapDragon 835 and 845 have come relatively close, is pretty freaking impressive.
Unfortunately, a lot of those really small embedded systems are designed for cost and affordability, not necessarily for performance. While ARM on the upper end is a screaming beast and a force to be reckoned with (given form factor and power constraints), their lower end A15's in that board are relatively comparable to a pentium 3, for the most part. Still worthwhile for quite a lot of things, but far from being modern, by any stretch of the imagination. But as someone who used a computer powered by Ubuntu and a 600 MHZ Pentium 3 for years when I was younger, I still think they are incredibly cool for what they are meant for.
As for the SWIM interface, this I think is just about the best thing I've ever seen. I can't even begin to imagine how much time must have been spent by somebody to design that. I'd probably wind up using it honestly.
And the core m3 powered board looks really nice as well. ARM processors have come quite a long way in a few years, but Apple is the only manufacturer that has (as of yet) been able to surpass everyday midrange intel processors in terms of performance. Even so, this is quite impressive given that these processors are generally designed specifically to fit inside of tablets, phones, watches, and other small form factors without high power requirements. And the fact that Apple has surpassed the majority of intel core i5 processors now in their A11 and A12 Bionic chips, and that the Qualcomm SnapDragon 835 and 845 have come relatively close, is pretty freaking impressive.
Unfortunately, a lot of those really small embedded systems are designed for cost and affordability, not necessarily for performance. While ARM on the upper end is a screaming beast and a force to be reckoned with (given form factor and power constraints), their lower end A15's in that board are relatively comparable to a pentium 3, for the most part. Still worthwhile for quite a lot of things, but far from being modern, by any stretch of the imagination. But as someone who used a computer powered by Ubuntu and a 600 MHZ Pentium 3 for years when I was younger, I still think they are incredibly cool for what they are meant for.
