Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by avyeed_desa » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 8:29 AM UTC

Raspberry Pi 5: available now
raspberrypi.com

Re: Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by amelius » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 12:10 PM UTC

But is it still the most attractive SBC at its price point?

Re: Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by pizza234 » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 12:13 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

But is it still the most attractive SBC at its price point?

I haven't checked, but Odroid are/were more competitive AFAIR (RPi's have a better software support, though).

Re: Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by mschild » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 12:14 PM UTC

If you're looking for one to buy, or any other version for that matter, rpilocator is pretty good.

https://rpilocator.com/

Re: Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by pulse7 » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 12:16 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

But is it still the most attractive SBC at its price point?

If the community is part of the price you pay, then yes...

Re: Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by ajsnigrutin » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 12:16 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

But is it still the most attractive SBC at its price point?

Sadly, yes.

You can buy whatever else you want, even cheaper and better today, and after three years, getting a modern supported OS will be a total pain, due to binary blobs, custom drivers, custom "design solutions" etc.

RaspberryPi is currently the only SBC where you can take any revision of it and still get fully working(! yes, even wifi, bluetooth, etc.) software for it, even if it's not the newest and the greatest model.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by dtx1 » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 12:16 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

But is it still the most attractive SBC at its price point?

You have 3 choices:

1. Raspberry Pi

2. X86 System

3. Barely functioning SOCs with no mainline support and major software issues until eternity.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by justin66 » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 12:17 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

But is it still the most attractive SBC at its price point?

If you aren't buying a thousand of them, how much does "price point" really matter to you?

Re: Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by peppercat10 » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 12:21 PM UTC

I wonder if the RPi5 is finally enough for browsing the web and watching media without hiccups. My experience with RPi4 was too sluggish.

Re: Raspberry Pi 5: available now

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Post by mschuster91 » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 12:22 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

But is it still the most attractive SBC at its price point?

Yes, I'd say that - RPi is, through its moat, the only player in town where you as an user (hobbyist, corporate, ODM) can be assured that there's reasonable build quality, availability of parts, and especially the tooling around it.