schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square197linkfedilink
minus-squareblargh513@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoMay as well just buy a used laptop or desktop.
minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoUsed Mini PCs, brand name, like Lenovo tinys, are now my go to. Slightly larger, but orders of magnitude more capable, and often power sippy.
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThey still make use of desktop CPUs that can pull 120W when idling and up to 250W under heavy loads. So light on power? Maybe. But power sippy? Not against an M4 Mac, which can be as little as ⅙ as much under a similarly heavy load.
minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoA Lenovo tiny use something like 4 w idle to 40w peak.
minus-squareEquinox1289@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoOr a mini pc. 16GB RAM, 500GB NVME ~$300.
minus-squareDFX4509B@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoGood luck when that market gets squeezed too.
minus-squarePalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoGood thing there is so much old crap out there
May as well just buy a used laptop or desktop.
Used Mini PCs, brand name, like Lenovo tinys, are now my go to. Slightly larger, but orders of magnitude more capable, and often power sippy.
They still make use of desktop CPUs that can pull 120W when idling and up to 250W under heavy loads. So light on power? Maybe. But power sippy? Not against an M4 Mac, which can be as little as ⅙ as much under a similarly heavy load.
Take a zero off there, bud.
Power consumption.
Electricity is green.
A Lenovo tiny use something like 4 w idle to 40w peak.
Or a mini pc. 16GB RAM, 500GB NVME ~$300.
Good luck when that market gets squeezed too.
Good thing there is so much old crap out there