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Reliable secure and cheap I.T projects are as easy as PI
We are talking about the Raspberry Pi.
A computer the size of a smartphone.
But how do they compare to home computers?
The average RAM on Raspberry Pi is about 1 GB, with a maximum of 8 GB on the Raspberry Pi 4.
Computers on the other hand have hard drives/SSD for storage.
However, with a Raspberry Pi you can add an external hard drive or SSD for additional storage or with the flexibility of cloud platforms space becomes less of an issue.
These days, most computers are running on a ×64/AMD64 architecture.
On the other hand, the Raspberry Pi uses a mobile processor- an ARM CPU that uses a different instruction set. It is also referred to as RISC architecture.
However, one major upside with the Pi is that you can change the complete operating system or OS just by swapping out the micro SD card (and they have many different options to choose from on their website from Windows to Linux)
Connectivity includes both the internet capabilities and the ability of other devices to connect to or with the computer.
The latest Raspberry Pi have a lot more ports than its predecessors. It has 4 USB ports, 1 or 2 HDMI output, 1 audio port, an Ethernet port, as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities.
Space is definitely optimized compared with a desktop computer.
The latest size of the Raspberry Pi is 85.60 mm × 56.5 mm × 17 mm.
In contrast, an average desktop tower measures 14 × 7 inches for the mini-tower and 24 × 8 inches for the full tower cases.
And costs.
It should come as no surprise that price is one of the major differences between the Raspberry Pi and a regular computer.
If you are on the market for a new computer, you can expect to pay anything between £400 and £3500 depending on the storage and performance of the computer. For most people, this is usually quite a lot.
For example, a decent Acer Desktop (i3/8 GB/SSD) is available at the cheapest price of this range at around £500 and mac books are far more expensive.
However, some more amazing features that a Pi is capable of include.
Being used as a secure portable router for secure means of Internet access well traveling.
A means of hosting a website making it decentralized acting as its own server.
And the Raspberry Pi 4 is capable of mining cryptocurrency.
I personally use the Raspberry Pi 400 which is a full computer system built into a keyboard running kali Linux to keep up to date with cyber security well on the road.
More information can be found on their website https://www.raspberrypi.com