On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 10:39 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I stumbled across this recently: > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/ > > > > I can use some guidance and advice from folks who have experience > > with Raspberry Pi's. What I read so far looks good but I have questions. > > > > If 'you' were to use a Raspberry Pi as a desktop replacement which one > > would you recommend? > > > > Is there a major difference in response times between the 4Gb and 8Gb > > models ? > > > > How hot does the unit become ? Does it require an add on fan shim ? Or > > will work fine without one ? > > I started with a 4GByte kit from ABRA in Montreal. It did adequately > replacing my old 1-core I386 desktop, mostly running Firefox and Gnu Image > Manipulation Program. GIMP seemed to encounter strange crashes with many > images open, so I lately upgraded to an 8GByte kit from CanaKit in BC, as > soon as they announced the 8GB. It is also working well, with occasional > GIMP crashes. I don't have anything like benchmark results to tell you. >
Hi and thanks no bench marks necessary you just told me what I need to know. So Scott was right the more memory you have the more tabs+windows you can have :-) > > Both kits came with a fan. The ABRA case+fan had an annoying resonant > buzz that built up, until I replaced the steel bolts that held the fan > with nylon. Oh dear.. > The CanaKit fan is a press fit onto studs molded into the > case, so it was noisy from the get-go, with no chance for modification. I guess any fan will generate some sort of noise. I > left the fan off. The 8GB board is running fine with the supplied > aluminum heat sinks venting straight up through the opening in the case, > Air coming out of the case is barely warmer than ambient, so under my > workload, the fan seems totally optional. > Oh-kay this is something I have to test and double check. Besides my big 2 apps, the usual Linux/GNU stuff just works: networking, > rsync, ssh, apt-get, etc. > Sounds good :-) > I went with packaged kits, just to save my own time, and to be able to get > to work as soon as the parcel arrived. I don't think I'd change. > I like to compile my stuff just so I can see how long it takes and sometimes I make customisations that require a re-compile. I sprang for a 128GB SD card, the medium size Raspbian image takes up 5% > space, 2% inodes. > I wonder how much the Pi supports when it comes to SD storage ? > > > How easy or difficult would it be to boot off an external hard disk as > > compared > > to the SD card that comes with the Pi ? > > > > Any other things to watch out for and be aware of before I purchase ? > > Instead of buying > > the kit would it be cheaper to buy each item separately from different > > vendors ? > > > > Thanks - Aruna > > --- > > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > >
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