Bringing more performance then ever with this $35 board! i’m excited that they finally upgraded the USB/network controller chip that created frustrating bottlenecks. This is finally the Pi for reasonable network performance and USB io. what’s on your pi?
As you can see, it did turn out to be hardware, a GPU and CPU (ouch!). The flash storage was not it, but I figured that out eventually. This has been an issue since October! With many fixes attempted. It was a bit of a blow to my pride eventually having to turn to Apple, but they stepped up and got it done with only mild frustration on my part. Plus, they picked up the tab as my warranty is certainly expired. There comes a time when you realize that a fix would require more parts then you had at hand. I have been enjoying my functional desktop again, just in time for the new iMac Pro to make it obsolete.
Trading technology with my friends left me with some exciting new toys. Now with a bit more time since these devices were introduced there are lots of interesting demos for each. Though similar, these are very different devices and not intended to be used together. I am excited to see what they are capable of. Anything to replace the flat pointer driven systems we seem to be stuck with. I think I’ll integrate my Leap Motion with the Oculus i have on loan. So far, it’s hard to type without triggering my Myo Constantly.
Lots of clues point to boot media as the source of at least some of my recent Mac Pro problems. Thanks again to my friends at Mac Enthusiasts, I’ve got a new “hard drive” to try. ?
UPDATE: Nope, that is not it either. Turns out, it’s GPU! (more to come)