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by tavavex 913 days ago
I'd argue that the difference is the price. There is still quite a bit of a difference between average consumer and business hardware, but compute power is cheap enough that the average person can afford what was previously only reserved for large companies. The average "consumer computer" nowadays is an ARM smartphone, and while server equipment is purchasable, you can't exactly hit up your local electronics store to buy a server rack or a server CPU. You can still get those things quite easily, but I wouldn't say their main goal is being sold to individuals.