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Re:Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B by cosmie on Monday June 24, 2019 @02:41AM (#20261044)
I'm not sure how common it is to use it as a workstation, but I've seen a lot of instances where a pi is used to power displays in business settings. Think internal things like dashboards, team/company messages, project calendars, etc. As well as external facing things such as menu boards, "Welcome" messages behind front desks, building directories, etc.

Whether a pi is the most appropriate device for that is another matter, but it seems to be a frequent enough use. And being able to power dual screens in these scenarios would be really helpful.

That said, between the marketing messaging and this[1], it seems like they really are pushing it as a potential low-powered workstation. So maybe that is something people do...

[1] https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-desktop-...

Re:Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B by jdboyd on Monday June 24, 2019 @03:13AM (#20261202)
It took a few years for me to accept this, but the ongoing commitment to continuing to make available most Raspberry Pis is a pretty compelling argument for many business purposes over using a random old used PC or a more powerful SBC that may not longer be available in a year. The development of specialized OS distributions for some of these tasks only furthers the strength of the choice for going with what could be otherwise under powered hardware.
Re:Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B by sl1ck731 on Monday June 24, 2019 @02:46AM (#20261063)
I've also seen it used as dumb clients for POS-like things.

Imagine the screens technicians at the lube center you get your oil changed at use to lookup your information.