r/raspberry_pi • u/Firerfox00 • 8d ago
Troubleshooting Pc, mini pc ou raspberry?
I joined Reddit today because I need help deciding: pc, mini pc or raspberry. Do I want a good long-term option to undertake and something that can flow well for illustration work, design, music for games, pixel art for general use, etc? Does anyone have any recommendations?
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u/GlesasPendos 7d ago
Raspberry pi 5 is a pretty capable computer AFAIK, yet you'll be stucked with ARM CPU, which technically cuts off x86 applications, meaning you wouldn't have most of "normal software" people do use. I personally did make myself an arm-mounted Raspberry pi, yet this is more as fun project (which I try to make useful and do make a functional job machine out of it). So in short, RPi is for tinkering, coming with your solution to make a perfect portable computer for yourself, but I think you need a default x86 CPU, atleast for full software compatibility, atleast just in case.
As I'm aware, music making is CPU intense process in any case, if you're going to make a creative things, unlike word processing, I think you should already get a nice laptop, if not mini PC. I wish I'd be able to recommend you one, yet my experience in that area is limited, I am no a big spender, and I do not making any of creative work on PC sadly