When thinking about building something like this sort of device (but on a lesser scale), I've often considered how it stacks up to something like just grabbing

When thinking about building something like this sort of device (but on a lesser scale), I've often considered how it stacks up to something like just grabbing an old second-hand iPad. For about the same price you can grab a 2017-19 or so and expect it to mostly still work ok and do a lot more (this does win on connectivity I guess, and likely a bunch of other areas).