[ksaj]

I'm always amused and simultaneously annoyed by those ads about Raspberry Pi "killers" that are X amount faster or whatever, but they never get around to pointing out the price factor. They nearly always start at double the price. I'd only expect them to outperform the Raspberry Pi if they are double the price.

The Raspberry Pi is what it is, and is in every way brilliant for it. If you want X amount faster, you pay for that. That's not a Raspberry Pi killer. It's a different category altogether. Those SBCs cost more, and therefore you get more. If you need that, Raspberry Pi isn't what you need. But if you are within the group that Raspberry Pi caters to, it's hard to find better.

It's like saying the new electric Harley Davidson motorcycle is an e-bike killer. Of course it's faster and more powerful and has more this and that more features. It costs more. It's just not the same thing.

PS: The new Rpi 4 with lots of RAM is certainly getting there. I actually use one as my desktop even though I have far more powerful equipment in my studio.