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The 1 GB model is still selling for $35. EDIT: From the original announcement https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-price-raspberry-pi-4-2gb/ https://www.rasp

The 1 GB model is still selling for $35. EDIT: From the original announcement https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-price-raspberry-pi-4-2gb/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-price-raspberry-pi-4-2g... What about the 1GB product? In line with our commitment to long-term support, the 1GB product will remain available to industrial and commercial customers, at a list price of $35. As there is no price advantage over the 2GB product, we expect most users to opt for the larger-memory variant.

pulse7 7y ago
This is most probably for those who need exactly the same configuration they already use in production.
wincy 7y ago
The 1GB model is $30 on Adafruit right now, and $35 for the 2 GB model. https://www.adafruit.com/product/4292 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4292
jacobush 7y ago
There are various ways of clearing inventory, one is to let it sit a long time on the shelves and selling it for more money for those who want the older version, another is to lower the prices and get rid of it ASAP. Both have merit.
- klingonopera 7y ago
  And that then depends on the price per area of storage that you pay. I've always wondered who buys old Pentium 3s for thousands of dollars on eBay, but yeah... it can make sense, especially if that computer runs a factory machine or something, and just needs a quick replacement part. EDIT: ...otherwise wildly overpriced items on eBay are because trader has run out of stock, wants to keep the same product page, but doesn't want anybody to buy in the meantime. They do this, because items have rankings for which appears first.
  - syntheticnature 7y ago
    It's always worth checking the 'sold' listings to see what prices actually sell. Sometimes they do regularly sell at the inflated price, but often they don't.
  - ryanmercer 7y ago
    >I've always wondered who buys old Pentium 3s for thousands of dollars on eBay People trying to build their vintage dream machine mostly I suppose. Folks like LGR on YouTube [0] to some degree will pay more than one would expect for a specific piece of hardware and people building private collections in general. That Nintendo-Playstation prototype unit is currently going for 300,000 USD [1] right now at auction (and I believe Palmer Luckey is still the high bidder, he was a couple weeks ago per his Twitter). I've paid an obscene (to me based on my income) amount for vintage tech before, as well as other things that I collect ( for example 3x spot price for an ugly silver art bar that most people would only pay spot for because that specific variety of art bar has significance to us old time members of /r/silverbugs and I wanted a second one). I mean, remember when Bezos spent more money than most people make in their lifetime to salvage an F1 engine from Apoloo 11 from the ocean floor? [3] [0] https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee/about https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee/about [1] https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-play-station-super-nes-cd-rom-prototype-sony-and-nintendo-c-1992/a/7224-93060.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-play... [3] https://www.space.com/37830-jeff-bezos-apollo-rocket-engines-recovery.html https://www.space.com/37830-jeff-bezos-apollo-rocket-engines...
    - rubyn00bie 7y ago
      The whole space.com article (3 from above) about Bezos was worth it just for the part about the boat's captain: > "And I took my parents with me. My mom was the only woman in this group of 60 men on this boat," Bezos said. > He added that the Norwegian boat captain advised Bezos when he boarded the boat that he had removed all the pornography, "out of respect" to Bezos' mother. > "OK, thank you," Bezos told the captain.
  - labawi 7y ago

pulse7 7y ago

This is most probably for those who need exactly the same configuration they already use in production.

wincy 7y ago

The 1GB model is $30 on Adafruit right now, and $35 for the 2 GB model. https://www.adafruit.com/product/4292 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4292

jacobush 7y ago

There are various ways of clearing inventory, one is to let it sit a long time on the shelves and selling it for more money for those who want the older version, another is to lower the prices and get rid of it ASAP. Both have merit.

klingonopera 7y ago
And that then depends on the price per area of storage that you pay. I've always wondered who buys old Pentium 3s for thousands of dollars on eBay, but yeah... it can make sense, especially if that computer runs a factory machine or something, and just needs a quick replacement part. EDIT: ...otherwise wildly overpriced items on eBay are because trader has run out of stock, wants to keep the same product page, but doesn't want anybody to buy in the meantime. They do this, because items have rankings for which appears first.
- syntheticnature 7y ago
  It's always worth checking the 'sold' listings to see what prices actually sell. Sometimes they do regularly sell at the inflated price, but often they don't.
- ryanmercer 7y ago
  >I've always wondered who buys old Pentium 3s for thousands of dollars on eBay People trying to build their vintage dream machine mostly I suppose. Folks like LGR on YouTube [0] to some degree will pay more than one would expect for a specific piece of hardware and people building private collections in general. That Nintendo-Playstation prototype unit is currently going for 300,000 USD [1] right now at auction (and I believe Palmer Luckey is still the high bidder, he was a couple weeks ago per his Twitter). I've paid an obscene (to me based on my income) amount for vintage tech before, as well as other things that I collect ( for example 3x spot price for an ugly silver art bar that most people would only pay spot for because that specific variety of art bar has significance to us old time members of /r/silverbugs and I wanted a second one). I mean, remember when Bezos spent more money than most people make in their lifetime to salvage an F1 engine from Apoloo 11 from the ocean floor? [3] [0] https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee/about https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee/about [1] https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-play-station-super-nes-cd-rom-prototype-sony-and-nintendo-c-1992/a/7224-93060.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-play... [3] https://www.space.com/37830-jeff-bezos-apollo-rocket-engines-recovery.html https://www.space.com/37830-jeff-bezos-apollo-rocket-engines...
  - rubyn00bie 7y ago
    The whole space.com article (3 from above) about Bezos was worth it just for the part about the boat's captain: > "And I took my parents with me. My mom was the only woman in this group of 60 men on this boat," Bezos said. > He added that the Norwegian boat captain advised Bezos when he boarded the boat that he had removed all the pornography, "out of respect" to Bezos' mother. > "OK, thank you," Bezos told the captain.
- labawi 7y ago