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> N100 is inexpensive, has impressive performance, and can support 16+ GB RAM.

Yep runs 32 GB just fine, even if not advertised. Also great Software support as usual on the PC Platform. Also more I/O, esp. PCIe than a Pi and you actually can buy boards with standard connectors. Also at least for server type use cases x86 is most of the time probably still a lot less painful than ARM.

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> for server type use cases x86 is most of the time probably still a lot less painful than ARM.

This isn't true if Debian is supported.

As for the architecture per se, we should consider what Apple has accomplished with its switch to ARM.

With the appropriate license, there is no particular reason Apple's team couldn't have built a good x86 processor. Switching to ARM was a matter of necessity, not due to a superior architecture.

Architecture largely doesn't matter these days, just how you implement it and what fabrication you build it with.

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