Can an industrial computer be a home tablet?

Sep 18, 2020

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Some time ago, a customer asked a question about an industrial computer, which probably meant "Can an industrial computer be a home tablet?" Here, let's reiterate the definition of an industrial computer.


Generally speaking, industrial computer is also called industrial computer, industrial control host, etc. Industrial PCs are different from commercial computers and are mainly used to embed different machines in industrial sites. Regarding the question of whether the industrial computer can be used as a home computer, the performance of the home computer must be considered.


If it is required for general household use, it is mainly used for connecting network cables and monitors, watching TV, as a monitor, etc., or for general office documents, small processing software, and not for large-scale animation design. The general configuration of the industrial computer is Can be used as a home computer.


The performance of the industrial computer is good stability and low power consumption. Since the design of industrial computer is generally a fanless cooling system, the configuration of industrial computer is basic configuration, low power consumption CPU, small memory and small hard disk. For a higher configuration, the price will be more expensive than an ordinary home computer. Generally speaking, under the same configuration, an ordinary computer with a larger commercial case will be cheaper than a laptop, and it will also be much cheaper than an industrial computer.


For home-use industrial computers, it is actually a waste of resources.


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