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I disagree, a 10yr old laptop, that was designed to be bargain bin parts, for a now dead niche of netbooks, that has 10yr old parts can't compete with a pi4 for
by rootsudo 6y ago
I disagree, a 10yr old laptop, that was designed to be bargain bin parts, for a now dead niche of netbooks, that has 10yr old parts can't compete with a pi4 for $30 ($50 nicely equipped w/ case and SD card) or a pi nano.
It's not even close.
The LCD, battery and I/O keyboard/mouse/usb are nice but, no hdmi, just VGA...
It makes sense if it's Free but even then, the pi simplifies this so much and then you have no moving parts.
- sergeykish 6y agoNetbook has SATA and nice enclosure for hard drive. But the main reason is reuse.
- totalZero 6y agoRP4 has UASP, you can buy a SATA hat, and you can put it in a box with your drive if you don't want to look at it. I have some netbooks lying around and I'd still prefer to buy an RP4 for little projects here and there. Reuse be damned I guess. For me, the main reasons to go with RP4 are gigabit ethernet, less power draw, less need for noisy fans, and a large community.
- sergeykish 6y agoThat would add $43.00 and $56 for the aluminium case though you'd have 4 SATA. Or start with external USB drive use 3d printing or duct tape to make DIY case. I can't imagine Raspberry Pi community is bigger than Linux users on laptop and desktop. And how can one separate? On a plus side of Raspberry Pi I would add GPIO with PWM, SPI, I2C and Serial.