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

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 12 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Jesus! I bought mine for $29.95 about 15 years ago.

[–] Le_Roi_Est_Mort@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago* (2 children)

My first Pi was a Zero. It came free with a PC magazine. It was taped to the cover. I think the retail price then was something like $5

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[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago*

Pi Zeros sell nowadays for 13 EUR. I don't know when you got yours but it might be just regular inflation since then.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 point 8 hours ago*

Reminds me of getting a game CD in a box of cereal - might have been Pajama Sam.

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

You probably meant a Pi 1 which even though does share the name is in terms performance is a lot more than 10x better, see e.g. https://the-diy-life.com/raspberry-pi-drag-race-pi-1-to-pi-5-performance-comparison/

I'm not saying anybody needs a RPi 5 ... but it's also not fair to compare to something related yet different.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 point 8 hours ago

My wife and I could have dinner at a Thai place for that 15 years ago,.

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