“Does exactly what it says. Loaded the Raspberry Pi OS no problem. Loaded Ubuntu (to a different SD card!) no problem. Upgraded to Xubuntu (XFCE desktop) no problem. Using Lexar 633x 32Gb micro SD cards - excellent performance at a very cheap price (as noted by youtube channel Explaining Computers). This really all you need n a home computer (unless you have demanding needs). A USB SSD would be a bit faster but would it really be that noticeable for emails and browsing? This boots as fast as my physically vastly larger desktop machine with 8Gb ram, AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core Processor running Linux Mint . . . I think that the writing is on the wall and I'm looking forward to getting my desk back.”
“Solid performance for what I use. Straightforward installation. Should have gotten the official power adapter. Encountered some issues with a 2A phone charger and heavy use. Otherwise, Pihole, VPN, samba, and some ocasional retrogaming without a glitch.
Plan to start some home automation with it.”
“A great little board, I have 3 running now in a Kubernetes cluster and thanks to the pi 4 is very powerful. Cooling has not been an issue with some heat-sinks and a fan it sits at ~40deg.”
“This is a fast device. I love it. I am running a Plex server on it and I was able to transcode 3 streams at the same time and the Pi did a great job. I thought of getting the 8GB model, but Plex does not appreciate all the memory, so the 4GB was enough. Only suggestion is that it come with the HDMI adapter in the kit. It is cheap to include and should not even cost the €5 they charge for it. It costs under 1 on eBay. I have no use for 2 HDMI interfaces and I prefered the previous model's 1 normal HDMI output. Other than that, all good and happy.”
