Raspberry Pi 4

Post by kasbah » Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 12:30 PM UTC

Symbiote wrote: post #351

patentatt wrote: post #206

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I think the gp’s point is that to a lot of entities (employees, suppliers) there is little difference between for profit and non profit. And if your nonprofit is passing profit along to a for profit ... you can see how the lines blur. Maybe a way to interpret the above comment is that the incentive structure for many people involved is not significantly impacted by the nonprofit status. And non profits can have money…

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales. "The object of the charity is to further the advancement of education of adults and children, particularly in the field of Computers, Computer Science and related subjects." They have a trading subsidiary. Anyone sufficiently cynical (not me) can read the accounts of both entities: - https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details?regid=.…

Post by IshKebab » Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 12:40 PM UTC

ksec wrote: post #356

I wonder why they don't price the 4GB model at $50. And get rid of the 2GB Model. I know they are a Charity, but the pricing structure seems odd, would it be the case the 2GB and 4GB and making some money and 1GB being a loss leader? I wonder how much is the actual BOM Cost for the $35 model. And in terms of VideoCore, how does it compare to other commercial GPU like Adreno and Mali?

Post by pizzazzaro » Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 12:42 PM UTC

pizza234 wrote: post #217

paulcarroty wrote: post #157

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> the Odroid HC2 could also - still - be considered Even don't think about it - shitty support from vendor. They don't care about updates in general.

They do update their repositories for officially supported SBCs. Of couse, such SBCs have an expiry date (which is also official), but this applies to any vendor, not only to them. Additionally, they're one of the most engaging companies when it comes to community - just check their forums and see for yourself.

Post by jononor » Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 12:52 PM UTC

sercand wrote: post #111

I don't use even one HDMI on RPI why second? Also, it's fricking micro-HDMI why not another TYPE-C?

Post by pizzazzaro » Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 12:52 PM UTC

steevdave wrote: post #191

paulcarroty wrote: post #157

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> the Odroid HC2 could also - still - be considered Even don't think about it - shitty support from vendor. They don't care about updates in general.

Are you sure? I've worked with a myriad of ARM devices, and I would say that despite their small size, Hardkernel are one of the most responsive companies when I have had issues. I say that as both a Gentoo and Kali ARM dev