• nomadjoanne@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If power consumption isn’t the be all end all concern for you, there is a lot to be said for the ability of x86 to boot into just about anything. You still don’t get that with ARM.

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      6 months ago

      No one would want to buy this to use with high-demanding applications, but for hobbies and trivial stuff. With that said, even a Orange pi zero 3 is “better” than both Rpi 5 and the n100.

      tl;dr: The magic word is convenience.

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        6 months ago

        Oh it depends on what you need it for. There’s definitely some things socs are better for. No need to be up in arms about it.