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There's really not much point to Raspberry Pi's anymore, in my opinion. Their performance is so bad that they are terrible for general purpose computing. For em

by bmitc 3y ago

There's really not much point to Raspberry Pi's anymore, in my opinion. Their performance is so bad that they are terrible for general purpose computing. For embedded use cases, they are power hungry and lack features.

elcomet 3y ago
This is not the point of the raspberry pi. It is to provide a very cheap computer for developing countries so that they can access online ressources and education. What alternative do you see?
- shapefrog 3y ago
  This is not the point of the raspberry pi. It is to provide a very cheap computer for companies so that they can access more money.
- hydroid7 3y ago
  Haha, that's a good one. The market for Pis is the industry since long time ago.
- achates 3y ago
  Phones fill this niche in the third world.
  - snovv_crash 3y ago
    Phones are pure consumption devices. You can't make apps for phones on phones.
- Symbiote 3y ago
  > The object of the charity is to further the advancement of education of adults and children, particularly in the field of Computers, Computer Science and related subjects That is the purpose of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the registered charity in the UK. I'm not sure how that fits with having so many non-educational customers. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?subid=0&regid=1129409 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/chari...
ThatPlayer 3y ago
I personally still use them for 3D printers, and Raspberry Pis still provide good performance for the price if you can get them at MSRP. At that 40$ price range the main alternative is going to be an Allwinner H616 board like the BTT Pi or the Orange Pi Zero 2. I have actually run into a performance issue on one of my 3D printers that necessitated swapping a Pi 3 for a Pi 4, so performance did matter, and I'm unsure if a H616 would keep up. I do have a few boards that are faster than a Pi 4, such as the Radxa Rock5 with the Rockchip RK3588, but they cost way more than a Raspberry Pi (once again if you can find at MSRP).
KaiserPro 3y ago
The pi was always slow. Its point is that its it costs less than $20 to have a working linux machine with GPIO. Not only that, it has all the documentation to allow most people to get from 0-flashing lights. It was and is an educational platform. the same with the rp-2040. Its a cheap, lowish power device that easy to program, has great documentation and is versatile. If you're trying to run docker on it in production, then you have the wrong platform.
- bmitc 3y ago
  It's "can't even run a web browser and nothing else" slow. The Pico is a completely different system and use case.

by bmitc 3y ago

elcomet 3y ago

This is not the point of the raspberry pi. It is to provide a very cheap computer for developing countries so that they can access online ressources and education. What alternative do you see?

shapefrog 3y ago
This is not the point of the raspberry pi. It is to provide a very cheap computer for companies so that they can access more money.
hydroid7 3y ago
Haha, that's a good one. The market for Pis is the industry since long time ago.
achates 3y ago
Phones fill this niche in the third world.
- snovv_crash 3y ago
  Phones are pure consumption devices. You can't make apps for phones on phones.
Symbiote 3y ago
> The object of the charity is to further the advancement of education of adults and children, particularly in the field of Computers, Computer Science and related subjects That is the purpose of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the registered charity in the UK. I'm not sure how that fits with having so many non-educational customers. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?subid=0&regid=1129409 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/chari...

ThatPlayer 3y ago

I personally still use them for 3D printers, and Raspberry Pis still provide good performance for the price if you can get them at MSRP. At that 40$ price range the main alternative is going to be an Allwinner H616 board like the BTT Pi or the Orange Pi Zero 2. I have actually run into a performance issue on one of my 3D printers that necessitated swapping a Pi 3 for a Pi 4, so performance did matter, and I'm unsure if a H616 would keep up. I do have a few boards that are faster than a Pi 4, such as the Radxa Rock5 with the Rockchip RK3588, but they cost way more than a Raspberry Pi (once again if you can find at MSRP).

KaiserPro 3y ago

The pi was always slow. Its point is that its it costs less than $20 to have a working linux machine with GPIO. Not only that, it has all the documentation to allow most people to get from 0-flashing lights. It was and is an educational platform. the same with the rp-2040. Its a cheap, lowish power device that easy to program, has great documentation and is versatile. If you're trying to run docker on it in production, then you have the wrong platform.

bmitc 3y ago
It's "can't even run a web browser and nothing else" slow. The Pico is a completely different system and use case.