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whywhywhywhyyesterday at 8:48 PM3 repliesview on HN

You can get an Intel N100 NUC with 16GB ram, 500GB ssd on Amazon for less though.

This is just very expensive for what it is.


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Rohansiyesterday at 8:56 PM

These perform way better and have similar efficiency, too. Case, power supply, cooling, and storage are all included too. If you don't need GPIO then you don't need a Raspberry Pi. If you do then consider using a microcontroller (Pi Pico, ESP32, etc.) first.

edwardsdlyesterday at 9:00 PM

If you just want a tiny desktop computer, sure. The reason to buy a Pi is for the GPIO and the well-established ecosystem.