• Izzy@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Wow, $80. I haven’t looked into these devices since the first one, but I thought the point of them was to be very cheap. I do wonder what these new more powerful ones are capable of. Perhaps the performance justifies the price.

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      1 year ago

      That’s a point, and that is still very cheap. There are many other models still available that are probably a better option for small hobby projects or people learning programming or physical computing.

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      1 year ago

      Hopefully they do release 1 and 2GB memory varoants which should be $35 and $45 respectively if they follow the pricing of previous models. The performance does look like a big upgrade over the Pi 4 at least.

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      1 year ago

      I’d rather have an M.2 connector without requiring a HAT.

      I’ll stick with my Orange Pi 5 for now which comes with one, tyvm.