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Raspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in February (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] butt_mountain_69420 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

But you can get a used thinkcentre tiny mini micro on ebay for $80. Wtf would I spend 100+ on a pi?

[–] HerrBeter 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Energy efficiency?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most ppl do not bother to calculate that in(especially idle consumption) or living in an area where it basically does not matter.

But yes, no x86-64 device comes close.

[–] Duamerthrax 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I was thinking more along the lines of battery powered operations. I can stick a Pi, a car battery, a solar panel into a weather proof box and set it in the woods if I needed to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't you just use a cheap lithium ion battery I'm not sure why you go for a lead acid.

[–] Duamerthrax 4 points 10 months ago

It's just an example, but you can pull an old car battery from the junkyard and they have better temperature extremes. NiMH from a wrecked hybrid is also a good option for durability.

[–] butt_mountain_69420 1 points 10 months ago

You've got a point, but whatever you're doing innawoods can probably be accomplished with a $40 pi, not a $100+ one.

[–] RagingRobot 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah I am loving all these micro Linux computer options. Not much bigger than a raspberry pi but it's a full computer. If you need gpio you can hook up an Arduino through USB and connect super easily. The one I have been using even has an integrated video card. All for around $100 and they are always in stock lol.

[–] Thermal_shocked 2 points 10 months ago

Yup. I use one for DNS / pihole / remote into network. Already tiny, easily replaceable parts and any OS. I do prefer the dells over Lenovo though.