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  • fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    You can get thin clients for much less than that… Better performance if needed, similar power efficiency for similar loads, they sometimes bring storage, power supply and ram and you don’t generate more e-waste as these are already being thrown out by many big companies every few years.

    The only reason to go for the PI is if you really need the GPIO, the tiny form-factor and even then there are cheaper alternatives with similar or better spevs.

      • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thin clients are just regular x86 boxes, they’re miles ahead of every SBC. The only downsides for consumers are slightly bulkier sizes, slightly higher power draw and of course the gpio/Hat ecosystem is not available, but I would argue that for most people that’s not really relevant.

      • somenonewho@feddit.de
        0·
        1 year ago

        Yeah. As someone running a NAS/Jellyfin server of a SBC/USB SSD I would love to pick up an x86 sffpc too properly put everything inside but idle power and quiet aren’t easily beat.

        Software support olinwouldnt really agree since x86 gives a lot more options than ARM

        • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          My RPi 3b pulls 5W, while my thin clients draw about 6-7W on idle, one of them doesn’t even have a fan, the other one could easily be modded to lose the fan.

    • DopamineDaydreams@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Uhuh, for work we love raspberry PIs as they’re small enough to stick behind a wall mounted TV and good enough to run our display apps. All for the low price of £80~. I’d love it if you have viable alternatives.

  • algorithmae@lemmy.one
    2·
    1 year ago

    The whole reason RaPi got so big was its price point, because it offered so much capability that was essentially disposable in case the worst happened to your project. As long as it costs more than $35 I will not be interested.

    • realharo@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 year ago

      You can always get the Pi Zero 2 W, which is still more capable than the orignal Pi was, and costs even less, even after all these years.

      Or the 1 GB version of the Pi 4. For many projects, even that is overkill. Not everyone needs the stuff Pi 5 brings, like dual 4k60 monitors or the PCIe slot.

      Just buy whatever your use case requires. The “zero” line has kind of filled that very low cost niche for now.

  • Greyscale@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Unobtainable and will be mostly sold to run advertising displays and business epos systems. Miss me with that shit.