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It was noted on reddit that prices start at $99. However you can get a quad-core android "pc" now for under $100 easy:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/CS918-Cortex-A9-Mini-PC-Andro...

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Sadly the rk3188 on-chip controller is only capable of 100mbit. There's a few more (particularly Freescale) units with gigabit, but generally more expensive. Gigabit or USB3 is when these things start to look insanely attractive IMHO (as possibilities to attach e.g. storage to the external bus exist)

The imx6 onboard Ethernet can't really do gigabit but the second Ethernet on this new machine is apparently a PCIe connected Intel chip which is more promising.

yeah but no integrated dual gig ethernet 'n stuff. so yes the price/feat ratio is higher on TFA.. but it offers something that's hard to find elsewhere right now, for the router+tv+everything box.

Why would you need dual ethernet?

> for the router+tv+everything box

While its possible to use VLANs to do routing over single ethernet port, its much less hassle if you have two.

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