I use a Raspberry Pi as my daily computer
What is the point for a consumer to use a Raspberry PI 4 today?<p>I recently purchased a mini PC with an Intel N5105, 16GB of Ram, 512GB NVME SSD, two gigabit ethernet ports, two HDMI ports, many USB ports, and Wifi 6.  This system was $180, all in.  You can't find a Pi 4, much less one with equivalent specs for anywhere near this price.  If you can find it, an 8GB PI4 is $75 and then you need to buy the case, power supply, sometimes storage, etc.<p>The N5105 system when under full load is only drawing 7 watts, I've seen it as low as 4 watts when idle.  The Pi 4 uses a BCM2711, which according to Passmark, is about 4X slower than an Intel N5105.<p>I do think the PI is great from the hobbyist and industrial perspective, but to just use it as an inexpensive PC seems like a waste.