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Raspberry Pi launches its IPO (www.raspberrypi.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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It was nice knowing Raspberry Pi while they lasted. Going to suck losing something that has changed the homegrown embedded system hobby forever.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

If you don't need the GPIO then buy a small form factor office PC like a Dell Optiplex Micro or a Lenovo/HP equivalent. They cost about the same on the used market, are more performant without the ARM headache and use only marginally more power (maybe 5-10w more at idle).