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

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276 points transpute | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.316s | source
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analog31 ◴[04 Jul 25 13:01 UTC] No.44464150[source]▶
I think the appeal of the RPi has to do with the amount of online tutorials that beginners can understand, and the experience of assembling something from pieces.
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poulpy123 ◴[04 Jul 25 13:33 UTC] No.44464402[source]▶
There are even more tutorial for mini-pc since they are using a x64 architecture.
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1. geerlingguy ◴[04 Jul 25 14:41 UTC] No.44464992[source]▶
Not for a lot of use cases, like how to get 4G/5G cellular connectivity, how to monitor something using an embedded/tiny camera and a small machine learning model, or how to build a little HMI device using a 4" touchscreen...

For basic homelab use cases, almost any computer is fine, but for IoT-style stuff especially, a Pi-focused will have a lot more hits, and the tutorials won't apply to any of the mini PCs.