Comment by spookie
19 days ago
Sure, if you want to deal with strange problems no one has ever faced. RPi's strength isn't in meaningless performance benchmarks, is in actually getting stuff done.
19 days ago
Sure, if you want to deal with strange problems no one has ever faced. RPi's strength isn't in meaningless performance benchmarks, is in actually getting stuff done.
A mini PC with an x86 CPU is the opposite of "user-unfriendly." Compared with Raspberry Pis, laypeople can easily use those.
They vary widely. I bought an off brand mini PC where the USB ports randomly lost power. There was no online community or support to speak of to help me figure out the problem. In that regard the Pi is far better.
Pis eliminate variables, for sure. But, if you stick to name-brand business machines off lease, I doubt you'll have a problem like that.