I bought a 8GB Pi 5 CanaKit from BestBuy 8 months ago for $180 (plus tax). That same kit is now $320. 78% price increase.
A 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 now costs 50% more than it did at launch - OMG! Ubuntu
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/raspberry-pi-2gb-costs-how-much-now
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SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 minutes ago
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
I bought a 1GB Pi 5 to try out as a kodi box. It is not sufficient.
Carrots@quokk.au 7 hours ago
And I make $0/hour? How am I gonna afford it? kLaRnA, wheeerreee are you
brawndo@piefed.social 1 hour ago
The most economical option for small computing is no longer a raspberry pi. It hasn’t been for a while. Now it is an mini PC. You can get x86 performance for the same price.
The raspberry pi still serves a purpose with it’s GPIO pins. If you need to make something physical then you may still find it useful. Otherwise, look elsewhere.