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echo: rberrypi
to: CHRIS GREEN
from: DRUCK
date: 2020-11-07 13:17:00
subject: Re: newbie questions

On 07/11/2020 10:32, Chris Green wrote:
> Cheap to run as well as to buy initially, a Pi consumes a lot less
> electricity than even a modern 'desktop' machine.  However as the Pi
> gets bigger and PCs get smaller and more economicial the difference is
> diminishing.

Slightly diminished, but still substantially better.

> Unless you need the processing power of a Pi 4 then some
> of the lesser versions maybe somewhat cheaper in the long term.

I don't think the difference between a Pi4B and a 3B or 3B+ is going to
be noticable, unless you are using a peddle powered dynamo.

---druck

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