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Review on Enhance Your Development Experience with the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit by Jose Brunson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The perfect portable solution for mechanics

I've always been looking for a portable solution that can be used for gaming, setup and on the go. My wife surprised me with the latest look and gave me this iron. I don't use it for AI or robotics applications and mainly use it for fun and productivity. What it does well: - Moonlight works perfectly (with the right controller) - It has a very good network card - Retro emulation, the Jetson Xavier NX is a beast when it comes to emulation and can easily handle some of the most demanding GameCube and Wii -games. It works on any handheld console with a running emulator - Unity browser-based games run very smoothly once all shaders are cached. (initially laggy but gets smoother over time) - You have full access to a Linux terminal in a portable form factor - YouTube works well in 4k too, making it a really good solution for watching videos on the go - Twitch streams work really well and you are not limited to the mobile app UI - Netflix, Disney+ and HBO! Yes! You'll have access to all your favorite video streaming platforms as it's handled like a regular computer with a browser! This makes it an excellent platform to use with your non-smart TV. What's not so good about it: - It's a power hungry device. It's very difficult to provide power when you want it to be portable - the form factor is really high and specialty media is incredibly expensive. Hardware is very heavy - L4T has a very small community and most of the software for it isn't available - if you need software, you'll probably have to build it yourself - you'll end up relying on a lot of Raspberry Pi tools and software, and they are not optimized for this SOC - L4T has many limitations and the lack of documentation, proprietary drivers and software will lead to great disappointment. Any workload from gaming to artificial intelligence, as long as you have the technical know-how to make it work.

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