• thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      62·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, it’s impossible to get a pi4 now for msrp. Maybe they should work out their production issues before launching a new device.

  • a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago
    Pi 5 w/ 8GB - $80
Pi 5 Case - $10
Pi 5 Charger - $8*
UHS1 Micro SD - $5**

Total - $103

    That’s pretty steep. I can get a Beelink with an N95, 8 GB of memory, and 256 GB of storage on Amazon, right now, for $127. Comes with intel quick sync, I can upgrade the RAM later if I want, and the SSD isn’t going to corrupt anytime I sneeze.

    The Pi Pico and Pi Zero 2 W are still great but their high end Pis don’t make sense anymore. Form factor and/or that 6ish*** watt difference between the Beelink and Pi 5 have to be really important

    * based off pi 4 charger
** based off Microcenter website
*** quick google search of both devices’ power consumption under load
    • PeachMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      1 year ago

      Then please, buy the Beelink thing so I can get a Pi 5 for projects. I already have chargers, plenty of SD cards, a 3D printer for an enclosure, and a box of 50 heat sinks of various sizes. And I’ll be just fine with the base $60 model, so that’s all I need to spend.

      • a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        I’m more confused than anything.

        I didn’t have a lot of money as a teenager. My family had 1 computer we all shared. I couldn’t tinker with it, what if I broke it? Cheap Pis were the gateway to my lifelong computer hobby. Because of that hobby, I was able to get a job where part of my role is full-stack web dev. I don’t know what I would be doing now if I didn’t have access to cheap Pis when I was younger.

        Especially in this economy, those prices just make me sad :/

  • donuts@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    I feel a little bit underwhelmed about Raspberry Pi 5 compared to the Orange Pi 4.

    Would it have killed them to throw an nvme m.2 connector on the underside?

  • Xianshi@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    Curious to see what it can emulate with the new specs. I have the steam deck now but the form factor or the pi was always nice.

      • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Well one of the biggest hurdles to performance on the old raspberry pies with single core performance. So due to the fact that it is a slightly newer node faster etc etc etc it should definitely be better

  • MycoPete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    55·
    1 year ago

    So how much is this one going to cost? $80? This company’s greed has gotten out of hand.

    Remember when they said this during the chip shortage

    “These changes in pricing are not here to stay. As global supply chain issues moderate, we’ll keep revisiting this issue, and we want to get pricing back to where it was as fast as we can,”

    Bullshit.

    • PeachMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      Did anybody here actually watch the video? Or did you just come to the comments to removed?