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It's honestly good advice, but I much prefer original hardware when possible. (lemmy.world)
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[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

An official raspberry pi isn't worth gettin imo. Especially after their artificial availability issues during the pandemic.

Plenty of alternatives out there, which is what I'd recommend. OrangePi is much more reasonable price wise.

And if you don't need arm, a used thin client will do the same job, cost a lot less, and have more compatibility.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It's got to the point were for the price of a Pi 5 plus necessary kit, youcan just get a Mini PC with an Intel N100 (maybe the only decent thing Intel has done in the last couple of years) which has a lot more power and expandability though it consumes 15W instead of 7W and would probably be a better choice for running emulators.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I'm hoping risc-v can join soon at reasonable speeds.