RPi is bad and you should feel bad for buying one
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A fellow Laptop LN Node maxi? ⚡⚡
I bought one the day that RPi4 launched. I feel bad because I didn't buy two, three, or four.
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it depends, but for something like mynode it's tough
I won one in a paper airplane flight distance contest before they became valuable
Only redeeming qualities of RPI is 10 watt power use and the small form factor.
The new orange pi is way faster. I'm really excited to see how Qualcomm Oryon turns out. M1 and m2 are already here and awesome if you swing that way. If you just dislike the rpi in particular, I get it. If you are anti arm desktops and servers, the future is now old man.
Why no love for the Pi?
Slow, expensive, ARM
Mostly junk hardware made for toys. If I were rebuilding my node again today I wouldn’t use one.
I spent a lot of my early career in manufacturing PCBA’s. It was an interesting experience. I worked for a defense contractor where we would repurpose old (used, bc obsoleted) through hole IC’s because upgrading the design and therefore the product was a slow and costly undertaking.
I wouldn't call them bad either, I'm not sure why they seem to get so much hate. I probably will end up getting one of Pine64's sbc offerings eventually tho. I'm a huge fan of theirs and own a Pinephone, Pinecil (soldering iron), PinePower (desktop power supply) & a handful of accessories.