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RBK763S Specs
I noticed that Costco has the RBK763 on sale now. Looks like a slight upgrade vs the old 753 that they used to sell. One strange thing that I noticed is that they increased the flash memory (a good...
I see the specs but that doesn't answer my question. Why would they have a slower processor? Or am I misunderstanding it?
ahswp wrote:
I see the specs but that doesn't answer my question. Why would they have a slower processor? Or am I misunderstanding it?
Correct. It is a mystery. One guess could be that this is a newer SOC (System on Chip) that can do as much with dual processors as the 3-4 year old quad chip did with four. Maybe the CPU was overpowered and much of the capacity was never used, so the new one saves money? This appears to be the first Orbi that offers
"Control your WiFi using voice commands when you have Amazon Alexa™ or the Google® Assistant
One wonders what sort of voice commands these would be. The user manual does not include the words 'Amazon' or 'Alexa', so maybe it is so obvious that no explanation or instructions are required?
It is also a mystery why this new product would include 4GB flash memory whereas the 750 has 512MB. Eight times as much! Whatever for?
ahswp
I guess we'll have to wait for some reviews of the real world performance.