• monk
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    19 hours ago

    People whose workload doesn’t fit in 8GB. Unbelievably stupid article.

    “It’s only $20 away from a x86_64 SBC with 8GB of RAM” - so? if, say, an eval of nixpkgs takes 14GB, it takes 14GB

  • @[email protected]
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    61 day ago

    Businesses who have a Raspberry Pi built into the BOM of an existing system design will continue to pay.

  • @[email protected]
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    111 day ago

    No. With that price, it kinda defeats its original purpose of being a cheap micropc to tinker with.

    • Diplomjodler
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      51 day ago

      They have plenty of cheaper models.

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        At that point, just buy a steamdeck, take out the pcb and you already have a much better sbc. Only half joking here, because 120€ really is a joke. I cant even imagine the profit margines they have on these things now.

  • @grue
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    91 day ago

    This is ridiculous. The prices of all the Raspberry Pis need to be cut by about half.

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    I don’t understand why people get their knickers in a twist over those prices. The Pi5 is still pretty cheap for a fully functional computer. Plus, they have a wide variety of products at different price points, so if that one’s too expensive for you, get something else.

    • @Duamerthrax
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      51 day ago

      Schools and youth programs that need to buy 20 at a time and had their budgets cut because the football team wanted new uniforms.

      • Diplomjodler
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        117 hours ago

        Buy the 4 GB model. Or the Pi4. There’s something for everyone.

  • @Treczoks
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    41 day ago

    I’ll wait for the 16G model of the RPi500 with an M.2 slot…

    • @[email protected]
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      21 day ago

      Unfortunately you can’t run home assistant on an esp32. I’m using an old laptop for it, waiting for a minipc with better specs than it to be under $50 before buying.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 day ago

        Fair point, but I see a whole category of things with a RP slapped on it that a simple microcontroller could do (don’t get me wrong, its great people are innovating, it’s just a little overkill).

  • Bakkoda
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    11 day ago

    120 bucks will get you a used optiplex with power cord. Byo ram/ssd but still.