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From: Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi5 versus other cheap Intel based boxes for general
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 17:38:29 +0200
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On 4/3/24 16:57, John Larkin wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 05:21:26 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>>
>> What somone learned when he replaced a cheap Pi 5 PC with a no-name Amazon mini desktop
>> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/what-i-learned-when-i-replaced-my-cheap-pi-5-pc-with-a-no-name-amazon-mini-desktop/
>>
>> All that said, I post this from a Pi4 8GB, it is sometimes really slow,
>> but I like and use the GPIO port.
>>
> 
> Considering how important a computer is to our professional and
> personal lives, why do people go to great effort to save a few
> dollars?
> 
> If a cheap PC fails, it will take days of your time, or more likely
> weeks, to recover.
> 

If an expensive one fails, it takes just a much.

Jeroen Belleman