I specifically said.."INTEL based". Snapdragon is ARM...just like the Pi.The lack of a functional "sleep/suspend/hibernate" state may make the actual "useful" battery life of a Pi solution lower than said netbook. I can get multiday use, when used intermittently, out of a netbook without having to shut it completely down. Potentially we are talking different generations since my current reference point is SnapDragon based.For me; lower power consumption would be a big benefit. I have a couple of old intel based netbooks. I've contemplated taking the motherboard out of one and replacing it with a Pi5...Can those who use laptops or like the idea of a Pi laptop explain why a Pi laptop would be better than any other laptop - other than being cheaper if it were ?
The main benefit I can see is being able to work on Raspberry Pi OS, Pi GPIO hardware, or RP2040 projects, when away from home. While that's great as an alternative to watching mind-numbing TV or turning alcoholic in a hotel bar, being bored on a train, I wouldn't have thought such people make for a large market.
I do most of my Raspberry Pi and RP2040 development headless from a Windows desktop PC, would likely be fine with a Windows laptop or Chromebook, plus a Pi and whatever I need slipped in a bag.
I can see some benefit for those lugging a Pi around in outreach programmes, but would suspect most have a vehicle to use as a rucksack and would be better off with a Pi 400 and monitor.
PI already has some power saving features. There have been several discussions on here about how to disable it!
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopi ... 28&t=41898
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=42668
Here is an article about power management on PI.
https://fleetstack.io/blog/raspberry-pi ... ement-tips
So...why do you think that you couldn't build power management into a Pi ARM based solution??
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