Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?

> But newsflash: used is different than new.

I'd put it differently, "you can't have used without the new". They might not be all that different in practice but you can't have everyone buying used. For every used unit sold, someone had to buy it new first.

I agree with the rest. Having a bunch of RPi up to RPi4 in the house, I'm having a harder time finding its proper niche. I don't need the GPIO or the relatively small footprint in general, and from power and performance perspective it doesn't have an edge anymore. RPis stopped excelling at many things they used to, as the price to fix some of the bigger downsides. It just doesn't strike the best compromise for most of my uses (same from what my RPi-fan friends tell me).

But despite reviews like this everyone should make their own assessment. There's no one size fits all. I run a RPi because I could power via PoE. Another one because there was no room for anything larger.

I've had great results with N100 mini PCs including Power over Ethernet. Here's an N100, PoE, 2.5GBASE-T, case, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD for $129 refurbished:

https://refurbished.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-s100-...

I have zero applications where a Pi5 makes more sense than either a mini PC or a large microcontroller.

I ended up moving my Home Assistant to a used Surface tablet. Not really any difference in price to a Pi once you counted all the case, etc. yet it also had a built in screen to make it easier for the family to troubleshoot.

There are a few form factors that end up making more sense than a pi with a little thought.

The s100 is not very stable on PoE+.

Great suggestion, I'll keep an eye on this. Not sure if this is 802.3af, or 802.3at, or even 802.3bt. I wouldn't want to upgrade the switch for this alone.

The S100 product page gives me this brilliant description :).

> The processor Intel N100 is the perfect home for the architects of Gracemont and the perfect combination of processes and processes, 7 d'Intel, 4 cores and 4 threads, maximum RPM at 3,4 GHz, 24EU and graphite centroids and TDP. seulement 6 W. La consommation and production of chaleur It’s the perfect place to be. It’s a great deal, it’s a process, it’s N5105, it’s N100, it’s a sign, it’s augmentation, it’s maximum CPU, it’s 500 MHz, it’s L3 cache, it’s 2 MB.