The Pi’s were unattainable I got a Libre Computer ( https://libre.computer/ ), still working great years later. There’s lots of other alternatives out there too.
Jeez, you can get a 10-yo desktop computer for less than that at Re-PC.
I get how parts prices and everything else got more expensive… but that’s just insane. Most I’ve ever paid for a Pi was 40 euros for a model 3. They’ve gotten way too expensive since then. The WHOLE IDEA behind them was cheap and cheerful computing. Did a lot of cool projects with them that just aren’t worth it with expensive hardware.
You can buy used sff/micro computers on eBay for half that.
Everyone here talking about raspberry pi and I still to this day have no idea what I can do with one.
Ouch. I was hesitant at $160. This is just a no. I’ll buy one if prices ever become sane again.
Jesus! I bought mine for $29.95 about 15 years ago.
So much for being cheap and for educational purposes.
The only reason I’ve ever used Raspberry Pis is because they’re cheap as hell. I think $45 is the most I’ve ever paid for one. Fuck this.
Might as well just pickup a mini pc.
Can I run a mini-pc via PoE?
PoE splitters exist
What PC can I run with a PoE splitter?
Oranges pi
That’s still a single board pc
As others have said max 70w with splitters. After that point just ditch ethernet. It’s very old standard. 💡A Ethernet and USB PD combination protocol. Carries two protocol on the same cable with Ethernet long distance and USB pd 240w support. But who’s going to do that?
PoE can go up to 70W according to wikipedia. A few years ago, a cheap NUC would draw ~50W with heavy loads. And they would have probably been more capable than a Pi5, GPIO excluded (and you can add this to anything with USB. You might even be able to do something with a low-speed M2 port.)
Ok, so what PoE splitter do I use?
You want me to do your shopping list?
You made the post without bringing receipts.
It’s like asking “how do I bake a chocolate cake” and you said “go get ingredients from the store”. Not helpful.
The question was “Can I run a mini-PC via PoE?”. The answer was Yes.
I naively assumed you knew how things worked and were unsure about the power capacity. If you wanted a detailed walkthrough on how to plug things together, you should’ve asked. And I would not have bothered.
I know how things works, sure. Do you? Because I’m asking for proof on how to do it and you’re not providing any answers.
You said “can I” not “how do I” and the answer was “probably yes” instead of “here’s how” so if you wanted instructions you should have framed your question as such
Ok.
How can I run a mini pc using PoE?
I don’t understand the hate towards the makers of the Pi. Obviously they didn’t raise the price because they’re greedy.
Fuck Apple, but one thing you need to give them credit for is that over years they didn’t raise their prices once, they even lowered them for the iPhone at one point. And even they needed to raise the prices.
Blame the memory manufacturers for creating a fake shortage because they don’t want to ramp up their production capabilities because they like the high demand.
I’m not sure that Apple is a good example to use here. They just announced their new MacBook - starting at $3,000. Their new cell phone starts at $2,000.
How much for the base models?
Start at, that’s the base model
Try checking. The macbook air and iphone 17e are the base models.
This is the MacBook Pro
That’s not the base model but fine, it starts at $1999, not 3 grand
Again people dont even check the website before spreading apple hate
Sure they make a fancier model that is 3 grand, but lots of companies have premium options. Why is that a bad thing?
You can easily blow 3+ grand on a dell or lenovo too
