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Comment on Banana Pi BPI-M7 - More Reasons to Avoid the Raspberry Pi

dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

There aren’t really any reasons to avoid it. There are certainly reasons to choose an alternative product, namely the complete unavailability of 4B and 5 boards. My biggest issue so far is that the alternatives offer features that I don’t want, or have a price that’s way too high for a SBC

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Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Straight up some of those single board computers cost so much that I’ve just considered getting an old mini office PC

They’re really capable and can be had for like $100

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- MrMcGasion@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, unless you need the GPIO or the lower power consumption of a Pi, mini PCs are better for 90% of the projects people use single board computers for. Plus you usually get upgradable ram, and more-resilient storage.
  
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  - Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Last time I needed IO pins for a project I ended going with a circuit python compatible board
    
    I think I went with a Qt Py with an esp32, it was like $15, has native type C, and was really easy to work with
    
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dan@upvote.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

namely the complete unavailability of 4B and 5 boards

Is unavailability still an issue? My local computer store always has a lot in stock of them in stock these days. V

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- CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Considering the 5 isn’t even being sold yet, I question the validity of your anecdote. The 3B and 4/4B are still hit or miss as far as stock goes. I just bought a 3B from Digikey and it’s the first I’ve seen them in stock since before COVID.
  
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  - dan@upvote.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Considering the 5 isn’t even being sold yet
    
    Yes it is. My local store had stock two weeks ago: twitter.com/…/1721990368764301622. I didn’t buy one since I have enough computers, but I physically saw them at the store.
    
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