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To be fair, a Pi Zero W costs less than £10, or the equivalent in dollars.

alias_neo 8y ago
It does, sort of, but, if you want to do this seriously, as in, you want more than one unit (I wan't ~5 to add to the open-source home security camera software I'm writing), you can't buy more than one at a time unless you buy it with headers attached (which I don't want), leaving you the alternative of buying them individually and paying for delivery for each individual unit.
- mikeash 8y ago
  Micro Center has them for $5 for the first unit, $15 for units 2-5, and $20 each after that. Still less than ideal but not too bad.
  - alias_neo 8y ago
    Seems like a better deal than we get here in the UK. These £9 Pi's rarely go for less than £12-14 and if you can get more than one, they won't be any cheaper.
bigiain 8y ago
I'm a big fan of RasPis, but people _always_ understate the real costs. That TPLink wifi router comes in a case with a (probably shitty but working) power supply and cable, and inbuilt flash memory. A Pi Zero costs ten quid, but you need to add a case, a power supply, and a micro SD Card. But worst for me, is that they still limit you to buying one at a time, so if your decide "Hell yeah! 5 room wi-fi streamed audio sounds _Awesome!_" You're not only up for fifty quid for the Pi Zeros, but you're gonna spend at something like twice that much again for 5 half-decent power supplies, USB cables for the power supplies, SD cards, and cases, and then you're up for 5 lots of shipping charges because they aren't allowed to sell you 5 Pi Zeros in one order... All of a sudden that "fifty quid project!" has become a £150+ one in five seperate deliveries... (And unless you don't care too much about the audio quality, both the Pi Zero and the TPLink router will need a better external DAC anyway...) If you just want one, and you're the sort of person who has usb power supplies, cables, sd cards kicking around doing nothing, and you're not too fussed about having a nice case, sure, you can just order one ten quid Pi Zero plus 3 quid for shipping.

It does, sort of, but, if you want to do this seriously, as in, you want more than one unit (I wan't ~5 to add to the open-source home security camera software I'm writing), you can't buy more than one at a time unless you buy it with headers attached (which I don't want), leaving you the alternative of buying them individually and paying for delivery for each individual unit.

mikeash 8y ago
Micro Center has them for $5 for the first unit, $15 for units 2-5, and $20 each after that. Still less than ideal but not too bad.
- alias_neo 8y ago
  Seems like a better deal than we get here in the UK. These £9 Pi's rarely go for less than £12-14 and if you can get more than one, they won't be any cheaper.

bigiain 8y ago

I'm a big fan of RasPis, but people _always_ understate the real costs. That TPLink wifi router comes in a case with a (probably shitty but working) power supply and cable, and inbuilt flash memory. A Pi Zero costs ten quid, but you need to add a case, a power supply, and a micro SD Card. But worst for me, is that they still limit you to buying one at a time, so if your decide "Hell yeah! 5 room wi-fi streamed audio sounds _Awesome!_" You're not only up for fifty quid for the Pi Zeros, but you're gonna spend at something like twice that much again for 5 half-decent power supplies, USB cables for the power supplies, SD cards, and cases, and then you're up for 5 lots of shipping charges because they aren't allowed to sell you 5 Pi Zeros in one order... All of a sudden that "fifty quid project!" has become a £150+ one in five seperate deliveries... (And unless you don't care too much about the audio quality, both the Pi Zero and the TPLink router will need a better external DAC anyway...) If you just want one, and you're the sort of person who has usb power supplies, cables, sd cards kicking around doing nothing, and you're not too fussed about having a nice case, sure, you can just order one ten quid Pi Zero plus 3 quid for shipping.