schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square175linkfedilinkarrow-up1632arrow-down16
arrow-up1626arrow-down1external-linkOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square175linkfedilink
minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 hours agoUsed Mini PCs, brand name, like Lenovo tinys, are now my go to. Slightly larger, but orders of magnitude more capable, and often power sippy.
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·14 hours agoThey still make use of desktop CPUs that can pull 120W when idling and up to 250W under heavy loads. So light on power? Maybe. But power sippy? Not against an M4 Mac, which can be as little as ⅙ as much under a similarly heavy load.
Used Mini PCs, brand name, like Lenovo tinys, are now my go to. Slightly larger, but orders of magnitude more capable, and often power sippy.
They still make use of desktop CPUs that can pull 120W when idling and up to 250W under heavy loads. So light on power? Maybe. But power sippy? Not against an M4 Mac, which can be as little as ⅙ as much under a similarly heavy load.
Take a zero off there, bud.