I have an 8gb Raspberry Pi 4 that has been a workhorse for years. I keep it for my not intense but essential networking purposes, NetBoot.xyz, Homepage, etc., because I can run it over PoE (edit: Power over Ethernet), so it is always on as long as my network is up.
It is growing long in the tooth, and I find myself wanting to replace it with something a bit more capable. Looking at the 8gb Pi 5 at $80 plus another $30 for a PoE hat, I wonder if there is something out there that would be a better value for running PoE? Can you convert a micro pc over to PoE? Does anyone have any recommendations for computers that run off PoE or can be converted to PoE?
I actually didn’t know the Pi can do PoE; that gives me some ideas!
You need a hat for it.
Ugh now even my Pi needs clothes??!? Ridiculous.
Yeah. Imagine, before you can get going with your project you even have to ‘boot it up’. A real deal breaker.
I have a cluster of four running all off a single switch, incredibly convenient.