Remember, they are no longer a charity organization, but a publicly traded for-profit business that is “mostly owned” by a charity. If you wondered why they were overpriced and enshittifying, that is why.
Raspberry Pis are cheaper than Mini PCs again
Submitted 2 days ago by JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDM4lewqz9U
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BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 2 days ago
bytesonbike@discuss.online 1 day ago
Sorry, stupid question because I don’t pay attention to embedded hardware stuff. Not at all trying to be offensive or start anything. I really am ignorant.
In the software space, many FOSS run for-profit to keep the open-source version funded.
What’s different in this situation?
smaaauuug@lemmy.world 2 days ago
All these price increases feel like a push to lease computers instead of owning them. I remember the NZXT rental scam that Gamers Nexus exposed, wouldn’t be surprised if more companies jump on this bullshit line of business
djdarren@piefed.social 2 days ago
Jokes on them: I’m stockpiling old PCs and putting a Linux on them. Do I have a use for them? No. Are they valuable? Also no.
But I have them, and they are mine.
hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
What about ddr4 mini pc’s with i5-8500t’s? Couldn’t possibly be a worse bang for buck
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
A Mini PC with an N100 (exact same performance as the microprocessor in the Pi5 according to this) and 8GB RAM will cost you around $140, which per what a previous poster dug out is exactly the same price as a Pi4 with only 4GB if we’re talking about something with the equivalent kit (i.e. with box, power supply and HDMI cable)
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Got a 4b running Pihole and Tailscale. Love it
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The price didn’t go down, he’s factoring in current ram prices. $250 for an rpi 5 is wild.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Probably because $250 is wildy misleading. This is an all inclusive kit which includes case, heat sinks, fan, micro-hdmi cables, power supply and you have to go for the 16gb rpi 5 to reach $230. All the things I want to do with a Pi I would really only need 4gb of RAM max, which the kit is $140.
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The 16gb rpi 5 on its own with no extras is $145 and the 4gb on its own with no extras is $70.
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Sure that’s still a lot more than the original goal of $35 computing but you can still get a basic kit for the rpi Zero 2 W for $40
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Ok, well $145 for a rpi 5 is wild.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Pepperridge farm remembers when a Raspi was $25.
bluGill@fedia.io 2 days ago
The price of a mini pc includes the price of the case, power supply, heat sinks, fans and such. The hdmi is the only thing suspect but if the case doesn't expose the hdmi port that will be in the minipc as well. when you compare just the board of a pi to a full pc that is unfair.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Funny enough I recently bought an N100 Mini-PC with 8GB (as a Christmas present to replace somebody’s aged Windows 8 PC) for just a bit over $140 (more precisely €123, so $143 at today’s exchange rate).
According to this the performance of the microprocessor on the Pi5 is at the same level as that of the N100.
So basically if you buy a Mini PC with an N100 and 8GB memory you can roughly get the performance of the Pi5 at the price of a Pi4 with 4GB.
lauha@lemmy.world 2 days ago
35 dollars in 2012 is 49 dollars now whenntaking inflation into account. You can get Pi 5 1GB model for 45 usd.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Although the old 4s are now like $50. I remember when those were selling at stupidly inflated prices.
An old 3 or 4 is more than enough for my dumb little home projects.
mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Still running PiHole on a 3B.
The Pi 4 is plenty robust for Docker and a few small things depending on how much RAM your model has etc. Mine runs Immich well, unless you give it huge videos to transcode, which crushes the CPU and takes forever.
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I’m still running Jellyfin and the arr stack on an 8GB Pi 4 just fine.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve used cheaper thin clients in the past. You can get them much cheaper than $50 and they come ready to go with storage, power supply, and case.