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Why are you comparing $1000+ laptops to a raspberry pi and a dock? If the raspberry pi meets your needs, consider a much cheaper laptop
by Jonnax 6y ago
Why are you comparing $1000+ laptops to a raspberry pi and a dock?
If the raspberry pi meets your needs, consider a much cheaper laptop
- sigotirandolas 6y agoYeah, it's weird to see the comment criticizing the impact of Intel's CPU patches and Ryzen 4000 systems and then talking about using a RPi4 as an alternative. I don't have experience with the RPi4, but in previous versions the CPU and IO performance was terrible compared to even a mid-range laptop, so I assume it still is. If you use the system for any kind of work (even if it's just web browsing), an RPi system is going to have an awful ROI compared to a 'regular' laptop.
- greyhair 6y agoAny relatively cheap (like $300) laptop is going to kick any RPi to the curb. And that gets you the display, the keyboard, the touchpad, and storage, all in the base price. And no screwing around.
- intsunny 6y agoBeacuse if I spend $1000 (even $2000) I want to get that much value for that purchase. Or I can spend significantly less and be that much less married to that purchase. Between Apple's missteps, Intel's not ideal products/roadmap, and AMD's lack of uptake, the current products do not seem to offer the value for their costs. The 2015 13" rMBP was by far my most favorite laptop I have ever owned. I have never regretted spending what I did on that machine. If a Raspi + Nexdoc costs $300, I'm not going to be very broken up over replacing it in a year or two. I cannot say the same for a $1000-2000 laptop.
- kiddico 6y agoWhy not just continue to use the 2015 13" rMBP? It outclasses a Raspi + Nexdoc in every way I can think of, and if you still have it it's free :D Since 2015s doesn't have the T2 nonsense and you were fine with linux on the rpi and there's no T2 stopping you, then you can just wipe it and install what you want.