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You don't need an ARM, and for the same price, before the RAM crisis, you could get many tiny PCs for the same amount of money, with proper SSDs and power supplies and in tiny form factors.

https://teampandory.com/2024/09/24/gmktec-g5-mini-pc-review-...

Something like this ($155) cost less than the Pi + case + power supply + nvme addon board + ssd, and it also runs windows and any other x86 OS.

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The problem here is "something like this". I may buy one of these today. Then in 6 months, I have to buy a different one. Only to find out that it's firmware has a bug. Or it uses a different ethernet chips that is a problem for me for some reason. Or something like that.

The RPi I can depend upon to be shitty as well, but in the exact same way. So it stays fit for purpose.

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