Karna@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoRaspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in Februarywww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down17
arrow-up1279arrow-down1external-linkRaspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in Februarywww.tomshardware.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareShortN0te@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoMost ppl do not bother to calculate that in(especially idle consumption) or living in an area where it basically does not matter. But yes, no x86-64 device comes close.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoI was thinking more along the lines of battery powered operations. I can stick a Pi, a car battery, a solar panel into a weather proof box and set it in the woods if I needed to.
minus-squarebutt_mountain_69420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYou’ve got a point, but whatever you’re doing innawoods can probably be accomplished with a $40 pi, not a $100+ one.
Most ppl do not bother to calculate that in(especially idle consumption) or living in an area where it basically does not matter.
But yes, no x86-64 device comes close.
I was thinking more along the lines of battery powered operations. I can stick a Pi, a car battery, a solar panel into a weather proof box and set it in the woods if I needed to.
You’ve got a point, but whatever you’re doing innawoods can probably be accomplished with a $40 pi, not a $100+ one.