[TriEmbed] In need of a tiny, cheap, powerful(ish) computer

[John Vaughters]

>Forget I mentioned the video thing... Pi is not fast enough regardless.
Right, so the pi lacks memory and processing power. 
I guess the question is what is your application wanting? Are you swaping memory? or is the Processor pegged? Or both? 
Do you need 24/7 on time? 
Is it your software that you can change to optimize your system? You mentioned speed over cores; software changes can possibly fix these problems.
Finding sub $150 computers in the x86 family is going to be tough unless you want a used laptop. But even then, laptops running 24/7 are not the most reliable. 
I guess my suggestion would be to try to figure out what the hold up is in your application and system if you want to get the cost to it's lowest. Or just try the used laptop route.
John Vaughters
  
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