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Review on ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Ultimate Tiny Windows/Linux Device: LattePanda Alpha 864s (Activated Win10 Pro) by Rhonda Hughes

Revainrating 5 out of 5

It doesn't pay to be the best in the Computers & Accessories category

Right out of release the microcontroller is underpowered and already out of date by the time they built this thing. Now 95% of people (myself included) will never touch an Arduino's functionality, so don't base your purchase on that alone. If the Arduino is a selling point, you'd be better off buying another board. This is a very capable Hackintosh board and worth buying if you want a small Mac desktop. used this as an upgrade for my Home Assistant installation. It works fantastic for this purpose, but the lack of auto-on is annoying (there's a BIOS update that adds it, but I've seen mixed results so I'm not risking it). However, a UPS can easily solve this problem. For my purposes, the NUC would be the better choice, even if they are likely to be more expensive. Either way, you're probably better off with an RPi 4, NUC, or ODroid, depending on your needs. It's a good car but despite my 4 star rating I wouldn't recommend buying it.

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  • Computer Components
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  • Expensive Insurance