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Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte

The only reason we still have a desktop at home is to have something to rip DVDs with and to sync our iPhones to. So that's a 2009 iMac 24" that I stuck a 2TB drive into.

Everything else is either cheap or old. Or both.

Home 3d print server -> Raspberry Pi Zero running OctoPrint
Home media server -> RP3 running OpenMediaValue + a couple 4GB USB HDs
Home theater devices -> RP3s running Kodi
Home arcade device for kiddos -> RP3 running EmulationStation
Wife's web-surfy thing -> Cheap-ass ChromeBook
My 3d + general workhorse -> 2013-era Lenovo Yoga 13
My web-surfy thing -> iPad Air
Kids' homework -> MacBook from 2007 (I think!)
Kids' plaything -> iPad mini 2

Unless you're a hardcore gamer, you don't need even a 4-year old desktop. And frankly, you can get plenty hardcore with a PS4 or whatever the latest console is. Hell, my oldest kid spends hours playing mostly iOS games.

The consumer market for desktops is dead. The gamer market for desktops is heavily eaten into by consoles. Nobody in my company has a desktop of his own - if he needs more horsepower than the standard IT laptop he can log into one of our virtual environments.

Yes, but you're clearly a very unusual user. Your average person isn't, wouldn't and couldn't use a Raspberry Pi for anything.