Yeah, running on an old desktop or laptop is infinity better than a raspberry pi.
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YEAH MAYBE BUT EVEN A SHITTY RASPERBRRY PI 4 WORKS COMPARED TO AWS LOL.
Old pc is the way to go. Laptops even have a battery so it's like a built in UPS.
My lightning node is even pruned and the drive is just what came with it. 250-500 GB but I don't even remember b/c it doesn't matter.