“It's compact, rather cheap and (at least in theory) versatile, but the user experience with the default OS, the Raspbian, is slow. All (but command-line based) programs take time to start, and also always respond with delay.”
“This little pi is great value for money. Just be a are that as it is not an arm64 based chipset you need to be quite careful when finding an os for it. Also, it has no built in ethernet or wifi and only one usb port.”
“Well laced out with plenty of ports and with the Linux variant easy to integrate. Used it to replace a large PV monitoring solution and now hosted in a recess cut into a hollow shelf. Small and flexible.”