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Can You Use Raspberry Pi 5 as a Desktop Computer?
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this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2024
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Well yeah of course you can. The pi 400 is even an official computer kit turning it into a homecomputer akin to a commdore 64/amiga 500/acorn/bbc micro etc.
That’s a poor analogy given that the Pi 5 & Pi 400 are incomparably more powerful than 1980s home computers, and I don’t think OP was asking if a Pi 5 can run WordPerfect or VisiCalc.
Did you really think they were comparing the pi’s capabilities with a commodore..? It was obvious that they were comparing the form factor.
Okay, I wanted to say that the computer would be integrated just like the computers I mentioned.
Form, not function.
It's such a poor analogy that it should be a sign that you're misunderstanding it.
Forgive me but the Pi is an order Of magnitude better than the dinosaurs you mention.
NO WAY. Sorry I didn't realise how a
64-Bit CPU with a clockspeed of 1.8 Gigahertz with RAM of up to 8 Gigabytes, USB connectivity, HDMI outs, Wifi and other shit
could EVER be superior to a (respective to an Amiga 500)
16-Bit computer with a speed of 7.16 MEGAhertz with 512 KILOBYTES of RAM
You REALLY opened my eyes.
(sorry for being overly sarcastic)
No need to apologize, these are some bonkers replies