▲ 661 ▼ Ouch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385 (www.pcworld.com) submitted 2 days ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 186 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (3 children) I bought this one to run my Home Assistant. $329 Canadian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Hal@piefed.nz 1 point 1 day ago (2 children) That has 8GB RAM. The only reason the Pi in the headline is so expensive is the 16GB RAM. As others mentioned, the 1GB or 2GB options are a fraction of the cost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) It also comes with windows. I would pick it over a pi every single time. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago The 8GB Pi5 is still around $250 though and will be much less capable than that mini PC. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hal@piefed.nz 1 point 1 day ago (2 children) That has 8GB RAM. The only reason the Pi in the headline is so expensive is the 16GB RAM. As others mentioned, the 1GB or 2GB options are a fraction of the cost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) It also comes with windows. I would pick it over a pi every single time. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago The 8GB Pi5 is still around $250 though and will be much less capable than that mini PC. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) It also comes with windows. I would pick it over a pi every single time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago The 8GB Pi5 is still around $250 though and will be much less capable than that mini PC. permalink fedilink source parent