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Frankly, one of these days I'm going to write an article about your point. On the one hand, the Pi 4 Model B is absolutely amazing and the support is outstandi
by louwrentius 5y ago
Frankly, one of these days I'm going to write an article about your point.
On the one hand, the Pi 4 Model B is absolutely amazing and the support is outstanding.
On the other hand, for each role it can fulfil, there are probably much better options. As in: better price, performance, capabilities, and so on.
But in some sense, the Pi isn't about actual practical usability. Jeff Geerling has shown with his youtube channel how much fun can be had with them.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoI think of the Pi as mostly a dust collector for many people who will find a use for it doing some mundane task like pihole or as a desktop replacement for monitor they don't use and setting it up but never using it. A practical use can be you temporarily use it for capablilities: it is never stable, still can collect dust most of the time, but it will be used for a specialized task you don't have the hardware for temporarily like flashing chips, or running some linux distro you want to try. I don't think that is a bad usage of it since it uses its strengths which is its flexibility, while it can be purposefully used semi-permanent temporarily unless you have a reason to upgrade. Without a purpose before an impulse purchase, its usually stuck in the limbo of the paradox of choice.
- louwrentius 5y agoFair enough. I've bought too many of them, the amount of dust on some is 'substantial'.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoDon't feel bad, I was also lured by their slick marketing. Wow it can play Quake 3 with its "swanky graphics" and is like a pentium 2 and can do 1080p playback on the first gen one!