Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC?

Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC? by GreenBackBoogie on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:36AM (#33161231)

He's probably referring to other products, but it seems he overlooked the SBC, which come in all forms and sizes and, generally, being low power devices, can't really do much besides hosting some not so demanding apps (looking at containers).

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Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC? by _448 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:48AM (#33161298)

> but it seems he overlooked the SBC

SBC is not a complete PC. I was talking about one which an end user who is not tech-savvy might use.

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Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC? by GreenBackBoogie on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:58AM (#33161372)

Again, you tend to overlook things that are already on the market, like https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-400/

or the myriad of SBC-based computers like this. The only thing you should do is to install an OS, which is something everybody tends to do and succeed nowadays.

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Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC? by dmitriid on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:04AM (#33161825)

I've bought into marketing, and bought myself a Pi 400. It's abysmally slow for everything.

It feels like eeePCs of yesteryear. Underpowered and slow

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Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC? by GreenBackBoogie on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:16AM (#33161917)

I fully agree with you, but it's still a PC, although not envisioned for the power users, but for the people who just need to do the most basic of stuff (e-mails, maybe a few documents, etc.), that's what a ~6W CPU can deliver.

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