Beagleboard vs Gumstix

Hello all.A  friend of mine wanted to buy a sbc (single board computer) . So  I  did some research to help him make the best decision and found out that Beagleboard and Gumstix are 2 pretty cool and powerfull sbc's with a supportive community on their back so I was between them . If one were to go for a Beagleboard or a Gumstix what would be the best choice ,you think?

Also you can suggest any other sbc that you find cool ,powerfull and that has a  community .

Just for the record for now he wants to make something with video processing and communication with a microcontroller of his choice(I think the second it is possible either way).

 

raspberry

Might he want to wait for a raspberry pi?— looks pretty cool the target price is $35

 

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

 

RaspberryPi

the raspberry pi is an ARM11 based sbc. its only in the alpha stage at the moment but i believe it will be released in november this year
it should be possibly be able to run Grog’s MRL software to do the video processing.

Tom J