On 07/07/2019 00:37, Jeffrey Plum wrote:
> On Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 4:42:01 AM UTC-4, James Harris wrote:
>> 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?
>
>   I have followed the growth of the Pi since its early days. Right Now, The
Pi 4 must be treated like a very Early Pi.  Booting is limited to the (faster?)
SD card and its video limited / Early days. The Pi 4 has vast IO and CPU
upgrades, so that where 
performance gains live.  First move swap off the SD card, and avoid demanding
video jobs. The Pi 4 runs hot. Its CPU clock hard and fast, when pushed to 80
C. ZRam memory compression may help, squeezing more out of whatever memory your
Pi has. the 4GB 
ram limit keeps the PI with 32 bit limits. The 8GB Pi4 would have pushed
Raspbian out of pure 32 bit land. Perhaps later, after we  adjust to the new
Power Pi. I shall buy a Pi4 this fall.  Bye bye Intel P4
>

If I went for a Pi 4 as desktop I would cover much of that with an SSD,
UPS and temperature-controlled fan.

What's this about a new 'Power Pi' and/or 8GB Pi4 later in the year?
Wishful thinking?


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James Harris

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