On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:45:33 +0100, James Harris wrote:

> Thanks for the above info. I wanted to move to a 4k desktop when I saw
> the RPi4 announcement. For various reasons I will look into the idea of
> mini-itx that Martin mentioned but will maybe come back to the RPi4 for
> an HTPC front end to a MythTV system - at least at up to 1080p.
>
My prime use for a  RPi for: replacement for a 4GB dual Athlon whitebox
PC run essentially headless[*] as a house server (provides MTA, local
webserver, database, centralise backups, version control for my LAN) a
4GB RPi 4B should provide everything I need apart from the aforementioned
binary compatibility. Using a mini-iTX instead adds binary compatibility
but at about 3x or 4x the price - I looked at prices last week.

[1] the house server runs headless 99% of the time but needs to have a
key board and monitor, used only at boot time, because it has an
encrypted partition and AFAIK there's no way to input the partition
password except via a directly attached kbd + screen.


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