Idk about everyone else but I was fine with the specs. A basic Linux machine that can hook up to the network and run simple python scripts was plenty for a ton of use cases. They didn’t need to be desktop competitors. The market didn’t need to be small form factor high performance machines, and I’d argue it wasn’t.
They still sell the old slow ones don’t they? from the website:
“Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+ will remain in production until at least January 2026”
“Raspberry Pi 3 Model B will remain in production until at least January 2028”
etc etc.
If you like pain, go get yourself a rpi1 lol. As for me, idk… I’m drawn more to VMs and containers which can run very well even on a 2011 tower pc (with few upgrades over the years).
I mean they’ve found enough use cases that the power increase was a much-requested upgrade.
For the simple python script uses you just mentioned, you can still pick up older pi boards for cheap or just get a pi zero/zero w.
It’s still not a desktop competitor in general, but if someone wants a really cheap computer that’s widely supported, at least it’s a viable option now.
Idk about everyone else but I was fine with the specs. A basic Linux machine that can hook up to the network and run simple python scripts was plenty for a ton of use cases. They didn’t need to be desktop competitors. The market didn’t need to be small form factor high performance machines, and I’d argue it wasn’t.
They still sell the old slow ones don’t they? from the website: “Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+ will remain in production until at least January 2026” “Raspberry Pi 3 Model B will remain in production until at least January 2028” etc etc.
If you like pain, go get yourself a rpi1 lol. As for me, idk… I’m drawn more to VMs and containers which can run very well even on a 2011 tower pc (with few upgrades over the years).
I mean they’ve found enough use cases that the power increase was a much-requested upgrade.
For the simple python script uses you just mentioned, you can still pick up older pi boards for cheap or just get a pi zero/zero w.
It’s still not a desktop competitor in general, but if someone wants a really cheap computer that’s widely supported, at least it’s a viable option now.