On 29/06/2019 09:42, James Harris wrote:
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> How, er, fast does it go?
>
> With some of the amazing specs of the Raspberry Pi 4 I wonder if the 4GB
version would be fast enough to replace a desktop PC - just for basic computing
such as web browsing, word processing, spreadsheets, file handing etc.
>
> I ask because I have just been trying to use Twitter via Chromium on a
Raspberry Pi 2 running Raspbian and Twitter was unusable. Half the tweet could
be typed before any characters became visible and clicks within the text would
take a while to move 
the cursor.
>
> So what do you guys think about how fast a 4GB RPi 4 would be in comparison?

It's much faster then the RPi 2.  My initial tests on the 4 GB version
suggest it would be fine for routine Web browsing, and for basic
word/excel/etc. tasks.  Maybe even simple photo editing.  In short,
everything which many users need, but not "power" users.

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