The OP's original question was actually about an OS rather than h/w so I'll chip in that LMS runs wonderfully under Ubuntu if he wants to remove the Win10 install from the machine he bought. To those promoting the wondrousness of the pi, some thoughts:
I just bought a new Intel NUC7CJYH on Amazon.nl on sale for EUR 98 plus EUR 17 for 4GB of RAM. I had a spare 120GB SSD lying around but they only cost about EUR 20 at present. Total EUR 135. This system has a dual-core Celeron with a TDP of 10W. It already comes with a case and 65W PSU, has a built in microphone array, built-in IR receiver, WiFi, BT, ethernet, 4x USB, and it sports a fullsize HDMI socket. I put Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on it. A pi4 with 4GB will cost you EUR 60, you'll need a case (everybody seems to like the FLIRC case which is EUR 27), a power supply at EUR 10, and a decent 128GB Sandisk Extreme Pro SD card for fair comparison's sake costs EUR 35 on Amazon. Total EUR 132. In other words, when you try to make a 'complete' computer out of a pi you end up at the price point of a NUC, which is a 'real' computer out of the box. All prices are approximate but the math will always pan out in pretty much the same ballpark - we are not counting pennies after all. Don't get me wrong here - I think the pi is a wonderful invention. I just don't understand that people mostly look at the price of the bare board and forget what all the extras cost. When you do that, the entry-level NUCs are a better buy IMHO. And they can be repurposed to run Win10 if desired, which a pi cannot do. Just sayin... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philchillbill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=68920 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113492 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
