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Thats crazy, I bought my RPi 4B with 4GB memory for less than 60 euro (2019).

• dspillett 4y ago
  At the start of this year I got a 400 to play router as the other models were either stupidly expensive or simply not available and I wanted something "known good" rather than risking one of the cheaper alternatives riding on the rPi coat tails. The full kit version (coming with power supply, mouse, etc) cost me £90.91 with next day delivery (via prime). A quick look now, only 8 months later, and the same thing is £201.53¹. The combination of shortages and scalpers had truly turned the "affordable mini-PC" idea on its head. The original plan for my 400 was for it to become a proper little low-power PC², with its job as headless router and mini-server being taken on by a pi4 (or 3, heck perhaps even a zero-with-add-ons) or similar once their availability+price became more reasonable. Looks like it'll be sat where it is doing what it is doing for a while longer. In mid-2019 the Pi 4 1GB that is my "set-top" Kodi+ box ATM cost ~£35. Now the cheapest 4 available for delivery in the next day or two, a 4gb unit, is £170. ---- [1] though there are a few unit-only versions from other sellers at just shy of £100 once you add in the delivery, if you can wait one to two weeks for it to arrive. [2] partly for nostalgia value: I find it evokes memories of the old Acorn Electron and BBC Master boxes that I cut my programming teeth on.