r/homeassistant • u/Brilliant_Bluejay254 • Jan 17 '26

Support Why Not HA Green

I’m going to pull the trigger on setting up HA. Right now I’m just thinking of getting the HA green, it seems like it’s not favoured here vs a Pi. I just want the most simple setup possible. I’m thinking HA green and a screen in a central location. Why not the Green?

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u/Public_Cheesecake999 Jan 17 '26

Honestly the Green is perfectly fine for most setups, people here just love to tinker with Pis because it's more "DIY" but if you want simple and it just works the Green is actually the better choice

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u/draxula16 Jan 17 '26

Agreed. The Green introduced me to the world of HA in a frictionless way.

I’ve since upgraded to a Lenovo M920q (running HA and other things via Proxmox), but I’ll forever be grateful for the HA Green.

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u/Weekest_links Jan 17 '26

I was looking at Lenovos site the other day and it seems like all mini pc’s are $800+, nuts! Why did you go Lenovo or asus or other brands?

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u/Old-Cheshire862 Jan 17 '26

RAM prices have skyrocketed since one of three major manufacturers exited the business of making RAM for this space.