Psythik comments on Ouch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Seriously what the fuck. I thought these things were $25. I haven't followed tech since last the last time I built a PC in 2022; I can't believe the chip shortage has gotten this bad. (Fucking AI)

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[–] NovaVeles@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I hadn't been keeping a close eye on pricing but was blown away the other day. The Nvidia RTX 5090 launched at $4090 here in Australia, that was already obscene. Nowadays almost 2 years later, you are lucky if you find one under $12,000!

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 child)

And here I thought I was being stupid paying $1600 for a 4090 back then. Jesus Fucking Christ, $12K for a GPU!? That's 1980s prices! Guess I won't be upgrading for a long time... (edit: not that I need to anytime soon, lol. This card is a beast)

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[–] NovaVeles@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

To be fair to the 1980's, a Hercules video card in 1982 adjusted for inflation would only be about $1700. We are way beyond that point.

An original Macintosh 128K would set you back $8100 in today's money, so I guess in that regard Apple hasn't changed. ;)

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[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

They basically still are, it's just the advanced models with extra RAM. A Pi 5 with 16GB of RAM is a perfectly decent PC, and for the price, in the current market, is good. If you want a Pi to use the way you used to... That's still in the region you were thinking. I bought a bunch of Pi 3s for a project recently, cost about £30 each.

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