Comment by dangus
19 hours ago
Performance per watt is nice but I’d be more inclined to talk about “problems being solved per dollar.”
If you don’t specifically have a project where you need the GPIO pins built in, I struggle to understand the use case proposition of a raspberry pi compared to a typical x86 mini PC or even just grabbing a think client desktop like a ThinkCentre.
Almost everything that is unique to a Pi compared to an x86 mini PC seems like it makes more sense with an ESP device.
When the Raspberry Pi was $35 and it ran a desktop OS and the cheapest alternative that did that was 5x the price that use case made sense.
Can show us where to find a new ThinkCentre for the price of a new Raspberry Pi 5 kit?
The ones I find on Lenovo's website don't seem to get any cheaper than $649.
I’m talking about used on eBay, obviously.
Or do a search for “mini PC” on aliexpress.