Subj : Re: what best for low power use the rpi or eles
To   : Blue White
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Feb 08 2024 06:46 am

-=> Blue White wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 BW> I have a Pi 3 that I use for some desktop activities.  It is really
 BW> good with programs that don't eat up a lot of resources, like claws
 BW> mail and gnumeric.  However, it has a lot of difficulty with a modern
 BW> web browser (vs. most "modern" sites that are loaded up with crap), and
 BW> with video streaming (from YT) or playback with vlc.

 BW> You watch those videos of people reviewing some of these sbcs on YT and
 BW> you really wonder how on earth they got the results they did.  My
 BW> experience is that most of them do not perform near as well in my
 BW> real-life.

 Yeah, I tried using a Pi 3 as a streaming audio box, running Chrome and
 streaming Pandora and Spotify. It was painful. A Pi 4 was a little
 better. I settled on an old core 2 duo box I had laying around, and
 that works well. I keep it turned off when not in use, so power isn't
 an issue.




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