Comment by diffeomorphism

1) Cases are relatively cheap, nice looking and tiny.

2) USB is grouped together and HDMI is on the side. I guess you could have all ports on one side or on opposite sides but that seems like a non-issue.

3) Pi5 is usb c and does its job. The optional 15V kerfuffle is a bit annoying, yes.

4) Why would you want to use a microSD card instead of just using a usb stick?

> If you don't need GPIO for a project and physical volume isn't a prime concern a <$100 mini PC is a far more convenient option today

Agreed, though then going up further up in volume to itx or matx might be even more convenient.