I have a Chromebook lying around that is cheaper than this... memory prices are crazy!
Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM
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Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM
#232It's crazy how Raspberry Pi & Apple prices have moved in converging direction. Pi 5 8GB is $200 MacBook Neo 8GB is $600 (probably some edu discount available) Sure 3x the price, but it comes with - 256GB SSD, battery, display, keyboard, trackpad.. So the Pi has slowly become too expensive for weird one-off projects and also price competitive with a cheap Mac by the time you add all the stuff you need to use it as a c…
The war on general purpose computing is real.
Also known as: supply and demand.
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#233Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is now illegal in the European Union. Everything sold is required to have USB-C. > From 28 December 2024, the rules apply to mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, headsets, videogame consoles, portable speakers, e-readers, keyboards, mice, portable navigation systems and earbuds sold in the EU. From 28 April 2026, they will also apply to laptops.
You’re not allowed to sell keyboard and mice with USB-A port? Doubt it. Can you link the source you’re quoting? Edit: It’s this right? https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/eu-common-c... That’s only for battery powered devices afaik.
Got it. I guess some people still use wired mice and keyboards with legacy connectors. But how many of those use them on a $350 board? Seems like a very small use case. I personally use Bluetooth for that, been doing that for the past 20 years.
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#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some people seem to think raspberry pi is a consumer tech company and whenever a new model is released, the old one will be discontinued. They will complain about the product being changed and the company robbing them of a cheap SBC. I can only assume they don't actually work with the pi because if you spend just a minute looking at any reseller's inventory or even just the official website you will see they still ma…
While you can still buy a pi 3, you'd be kicking yourself for not using something faster.
Why would you? It's completely fine for it's intended educational context
Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM
#235Some folks might have missed that memory prices on the whole are up [1] 90% since Q4. The memory used by the Pi 5 is up 700% [2]! Raspberry Pi are working the issue by releasing new memory variants that are cheaper[2]. Edit: You can still walk into a Microcenter and get Pi 5 16GB for US $289! 1. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/ 2. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-fo...
Microcenter doubled the price of the 500+ kit shortly after I bought one. Still $90 cheaper than Adafruit, unsurprisingly.
I bought a bunch of NUCs 18 months ago for some projects. They're no longer in use. A friend asked if I was selling any. I realized I might be able to sell them at cost or a profit. Crazy times.
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#236Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not a completely invalid or uncommon take, but also not completely correct. People lament that it isn't the $25 like it used to be with the Pi 2/3, but ignore that you can get a Pi Zero 2 W (quad A53 cores like 3B, 512MB RAM) for https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/ I wish a Pi 5 (and RAM in general) was cheaper, but Raspberry Pi can't control that.
Is it at all possible to run 1080p video using Pi Zero 2 W smoothly with no jittering? What about launching a browser and playing a 1080p video from a streaming site? I am looking for a computer to connect to my internet-disconnected TV.
> Is it at all possible to run 1080p video using Pi Zero 2 W smoothly with no jittering?
Yes, I think so. With strong caveats.
I used a Pi 3b as the primary video player for local media in my living room for a few years, starting a decade or so ago when that was the new hotness. The Pi Zero 2W is the same thing except with less IO and a somewhat-slower clock speed (but it can be overclocked to match the 3b).
I just put an appropriate build of Kodi on an SD card, booted it up like an appliance, pointed it at my network share, and used it.
The performance was proper for the time doing this in lets-sit-down-and-watch-a-movie mode. It was generally flawless with 1080p h.264 and lesser formats. It was not so good with h.265/HEVC, but that wasn't as common back then as it is today.
I was very pleased when I picked up a Pi 4 for this role once that came 'round. It does a very fine job with all of my 1080p media on my old dumb TV, including h.265 (which it has a hardware decoder for).
> What about launching a browser and playing a 1080p video from a streaming site?
No, not in my experience. There may be an incantation that I don't know, but I have not had very good success with these devices with browser-based streaming media. They have, for me, been resolutely disappointing in this role. I blame gaps in the video driver/X11/browser stack, but I haven't ever wanted to go very deep into this particular rabbit hole.
> I am looking for a computer to connect to my internet-disconnected TV.
If you're in the States and you can tolerate the ecosystem (which is definitely not browser-based), then you might find that a $25 ONN streaming box from Wal-Mart is a better bet for this job. These run Android.
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I just checked my closest Microcenters (in Illinois.) 12 in Westmont and 25+ in Chicago (for $18) Zero W were 13 and 25+ respectively at $15. Long gone are the days when they would sell a Pi Zero for $3.14 on Pi day.
Pi Zero 2 W is what people are saying is out of stock. MC doesn’t have any of them either.
There's more than one Pi Zero 2 W -- one with headers, and one without. Are you looking at both?
Headerless version is out-of-stock for my nearest Microcenter (Columbus, Ohio): https://www.microcenter.com/product/643085/raspberry-pi-zero...
But they say they have 25+ of the version that comes with headers: https://www.microcenter.com/product/683270/raspberry-pi-rasp...
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I don't understand why it's so difficult for people to understand. If you're using the Pi as a microcontroller that you can run Python on, then just get the cheapest Pi that meets your needs. If you're using the Pi for computationally expensive tasks then pay more money and get the fast one. Personally I have a Pi 5 and it's perfect for me because I want small size but high performance. People say "just buy a real co…
N100-class minipcs are better at everything the pi 5 is doing except perhaps a bit of idle power and gpio.
Can a N100-class minipc” be installed inside of a wall with a touchscreen and serve as a PoE powered Home Assistant interface? Can it be used to build a portable battery powered smartphone like PC (Compute Module 5)?
Raspberry Pi’s biggest strength is its form factor and low power draw.
Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM
#239Some folks might have missed that memory prices on the whole are up [1] 90% since Q4. The memory used by the Pi 5 is up 700% [2]! Raspberry Pi are working the issue by releasing new memory variants that are cheaper[2]. Edit: You can still walk into a Microcenter and get Pi 5 16GB for US $289! 1. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/ 2. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-fo...
Here is a link for Microcenter @ 289.99 USD: https://www.microcenter.com/product/702590/raspberry-pi-5?rd...
Re: Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM
#240Some folks might have missed that memory prices on the whole are up [1] 90% since Q4. The memory used by the Pi 5 is up 700% [2]! Raspberry Pi are working the issue by releasing new memory variants that are cheaper[2]. Edit: You can still walk into a Microcenter and get Pi 5 16GB for US $289! 1. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/ 2. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-fo...
Microcenter doubled the price of the 500+ kit shortly after I bought one. Still $90 cheaper than Adafruit, unsurprisingly.
> unsurprisingly