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[-] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can get thin clients for much less than that... Better performance if needed, similar power efficiency for similar loads, they sometimes bring storage, power supply and ram and you don't generate more e-waste as these are already being thrown out by many big companies every few years.

The only reason to go for the PI is if you really need the GPIO, the tiny form-factor and even then there are cheaper alternatives with similar or better spevs.

[-] bioemerl@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

It's all about the idle power and software support.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

🌈 The software support! 🌈

Anything that runs on an SBC has a Pi image. Download, write, go. And Pi OS (Debian) for anything else. Or Ubuntu LTS.

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Thin clients are just regular x86 boxes, they're miles ahead of every SBC. The only downsides for consumers are slightly bulkier sizes, slightly higher power draw and of course the gpio/Hat ecosystem is not available, but I would argue that for most people that's not really relevant.

[-] somenonewho@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah. As someone running a NAS/Jellyfin server of a SBC/USB SSD I would love to pick up an x86 sffpc too properly put everything inside but idle power and quiet aren't easily beat.

Software support olinwouldnt really agree since x86 gives a lot more options than ARM

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

My RPi 3b pulls 5W, while my thin clients draw about 6-7W on idle, one of them doesn't even have a fan, the other one could easily be modded to lose the fan.

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