Comment by sircastor

I ended up swapping out my retro pi for one of these micro PCs. I’m mildly sad that it’s not the same form factor, but once I got over that, I became a lot happier. The Pi (3) didn’t behave as smoothly as the Lenovo I replaced it with.

I love the Pi and the flexibility and community it has. The only thing I’ve seen to rival it is the Arduino. But for casual needs like home theater or home assistant, these 2nd hand micro-PCs are excellent.

Quick aside, I actually got the micro-PC for a Starship bridge sim setup. I never put that together, but it is also a great use of these.