Comment on New Raspberry Pi 5 comes with PCIe 2.0 x1 interface and power button
somedaysoon@lemmy.world 8 months agoWhy anyone bothers with Pi Foundation boards any longer is beyond me, there are so many better SBCs. The rockpro64 launched a full year before the Rpi4, back in 2018, and had PCIe, SATA cards, NIC cards, and a sweet NAS case to go with it. It could boot from USB drives right away, unlike the Rpi4, it didn’t have power supply issues unlike the Rpi4, and it had eMMC support unlike the Rpi4, among many other benefits.
Bonehead@kbin.social 8 months ago
I still have a bad taste in my mouth from the Pine64 I bought from their Kickstarter. The thing lasted 4 months before it stopped booting. I have no faith in any subsequent products.
somedaysoon@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Bonehead@kbin.social 8 months ago
There were reports that many of the original Pine64 Kickstarter boards had this bootloop problem. While I understand this was one of there first products, I still don't want to sink money into something when better and more stable options are available.
somedaysoon@lemmy.world 8 months ago