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When comparing Novasom Industries M8 vs ESPRESSObin, the Slant community recommends ESPRESSObin for most people. In the question“What are the best single board computers for media box?” ESPRESSObin is ranked 4th while Novasom Industries M8 is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose ESPRESSObin is:
It has three Gb ethernet ports.
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CPUARM Cortex A53 processor up to 1.2GHz
RAM1GB or 2GB DDR4
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Pros
Pro Only industrial components used
Pro Up to 5 years total warranty
Pro Fully certified board
Pro HD Audio and Optical SPDIF
Pro Embedded UPS manager with battery and Redundant Power Input
Pro Native Android support O.S.
Pro Unit is a complete SBC with immediate bootstrap (it is not a SOM)
Pro 10 years lifetime availability
Pro 3x Gigabit LAN
It has three Gb ethernet ports.
Pro Das U-Boot bootloader
It uses the opensource boot loader "Das U-Boot".
Pro Fast SATA III port
Pro Mini-PCI-E slot
Few SOC boards have this feature--and there are a couple Mini-PCIE RAID cards on the market that might work nicely
Cons
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Con Only one SATA port
It has only one SATA port.