Used is much, much cheaper than new. For instance, for your futro 720 listed below it was about 350€ (new) and is about 14€ (used) nowadays. Also brand names a

Used is much, much cheaper than new. For instance, for your futro 720 listed below it was about 350€ (new) and is about 14€ (used) nowadays. Also brand names and long term support cost quite a bit more. The new to new, well supported comparison would be - pi 5 + ssd hat + ssd + stuff (let's say 200 at the high end) - thinkcentre tiny m70q gen5 (about 450 with student discount; starting at 550 without) The second is obviously more powerful etc but it costs like three times as much. In other words: This has nothing at all to do with SBCs. If you don't need higher performance or support, buy used.