Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 11 SE Date: 7 Aug 2025 20:56:33 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <106ncfl$1i3j7$1@dont-email.me> <106otv7$1sov2$3@dont-email.me> <106p5l8$1u8pt$1@dont-email.me> <106p7bq$1uggd$1@dont-email.me> <106p99c$1uv2b$1@dont-email.me> <106pfje$1vp0f$3@dont-email.me> <689288bd@news.ausics.net> <106u2la$3235p$1@dont-email.me> <10731tj.95c.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Gutk0Anlos8kjaKnXB0eFA+GKX3QnjhUUaCWFyl4scTEPK2Iec Cancel-Lock: sha1:vS6UJ5LkAbPxySIqVSGHhHPE5ws= sha256:FzdAjRdqjE3v6jXJzkFfuswEsrW0TyDsA10vqVsXq8I= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70575 alt.comp.os.windows-11:21773 On 7 Aug 2025 18:22:18 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote: > Paul wrote: > [...] >> There is an RPi 5 released, which would run Windows 11. But at the >> price point, for a bit more money you could acquire something that >> works a bit smoother. Some of the refurb machines might have more >> horsepower. >> >> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/new-120-16gb-raspberry-pi-5-is- for-the-people-who-use-it-like-an-everyday-pc/ > > If I understand the article correctly, 'you could acquire something > that works a bit smoother', for a bit *less* money. For the $120 you get > only the board. Add case, power supply and mass storage and you probably > easily get into the price range of NUC-like Mini-PCs, i.e. some $200. amazon.com/dp/B0CRSNCJ6Y The 8GB Canakit is $160. Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian derivative, comes with Chromium and Firefox and can run quite a few applications. However using it as a everyday PC is missing the point. Conversely if you expect to grab a few Dupont wires and add a I2C temperature/humidity/barometer module and a couple of PWM controlled servos to your NUC mini-PC, good luck. Your best be would be to hang a Raspberry Pi Pico W off the USB port and program it separately.