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I understand that peoppe usually use medium PI boards for electronic projects. But other that, isn't it more cost effective and organized if you get minipc (something like N100 kit) for projects like backups machine or selfhosting projects?
How usable is the PI5 as a desktop PC replacement? The PI4 was too slow to run anything serious.
Still not near Apple M1 class performance, so you have to adjust expectations for media, creative stuff. But most things I've tested work fine now on the Pi if it works in Linux at all, which is a bit nicer than last time I tried 4 years ago.
[1] https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/pi-500-much-faster-la...
No nvme port, or is there a nifty fix?
It's missing the connector and power components on the PCB so you may be able to solder them all on yourself if you have the parts but it's going to be a pain in the ass :D
The word "Mediocre" comes to mind. Still using Micro HDMI, weirdly added unusable nvme ensuring people know its not the final product and if they want nvme they'll be having to pay for a replacement at some point down the line, plus increasing the price by around 30%. Feels very much like they've given up even pretending to try and understand what their customers want. The micro hdmi thing is just incredibly stupid,…
The word "Mediocre" comes to mind. Still using Micro HDMI, weirdly added unusable nvme ensuring people know its not the final product and if they want nvme they'll be having to pay for a replacement at some point down the line, plus increasing the price by around 30%. Feels very much like they've given up even pretending to try and understand what their customers want. The micro hdmi thing is just incredibly stupid,…
It would be understandable if they kept the same case mold... but they did in fact reorder the ports.
Still, I feel it is pretty reasonably priced as whole unit considering other products from them.
I understand that peoppe usually use medium PI boards for electronic projects. But other that, isn't it more cost effective and organized if you get minipc (something like N100 kit) for projects like backups machine or selfhosting projects?
You can get a few generations old mini PCs with 16GB RAM and SSD at the same price as a PI.
We tend to forget that not everyone on the planet has the same resources or needs we do.
> 45% colour gamut $100 for an e-waste monitor is poor value, for that money you can get a portable monitor with full sRGB, high refresh rate, etc
(It's an odd way of specifying a monitor though, usually manufacturers specify as a fraction of either Adobe RGB or Display P3.)