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Banana Pi BPI-M7 - More Reasons to Avoid the Raspberry Pi (www.cnx-software.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by TCB13 to c/selfhosted

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The Banana Pi BPI-M7 single board computer is equipped with up to 32GB RAM and 128GB eMMC flash, and features an M.2 2280 socket for one NVMe SSD, three display interfaces (HDMI, USB-C, MIPI DSI), two camera connectors, dual 2.5GbE, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, a few USB ports, and a 40-pin GPIO header for expansion.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What accessories? You're assuming everyone needs all the accessories.

Which accessories?

I've got a million keyboards, mice, monitors, cables, chargers, adapters, etc. And I run RPi headless for most use-cases. One is currently using a ten-year old phone charger, it's on wifi, so what accessories again?

I don't need that mini computer which is 10 times the size of an RPi for my use cases.

Is it attractive for certain use-cases? Certainly (and I have those on my shopping list), but you keep going on like it's just the better device.

Hell, I bought a few Pis on sale for $5 each years ago. How is that PC going to beat five bucks, 2 watts max, for my given use-cases (things like Pi-Hole, Vaultwarden, Joplin, etc)?

Yea, to replace my Pis would be about $30 each, but they'd fit in the same place, and migration is a snap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I’ve got a million keyboards, mice, monitors, cables, chargers, adapters, etc.

Sure, you do. But people just starting likely do not. I'm thinking of the new user, not just myself.

Hell, I bought a few Pis on sale for $5 each years ago. How is that PC going to beat five bucks, 2 watts max, for my given use-cases (things like Pi-Hole, Vaultwarden, Joplin, etc)?

For that you don't even need a Pi 5. You can get a cheap SBC at around $10-20 to do that work.

Yea, to replace my Pis would be about $30 each, but they’d fit in the same place, and migration is a snap.

And you are assuming people are only buying new boards to replace old boards.

but you keep going on like it’s just the better device.

"Keep going on"? I've mentioned it maybe 2 times, that's hardly enough to classify it as "keep going on".

I just don't believe that Raspberry Pi or SBCs are the king(s) of home servers anymore. There are a lot of cheap x86_64 based options out there. But yes, if you just upgrade from a previous generation the Pi 5 is perfect for you, even though it's likely overkill for your use-case.