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No word on price. When Raspberry Pi first launched, this was the prime feature of the thing. Can we expect same price as the Raspberry Pi 4? (at the respective
by stkdump 3y ago
No word on price. When Raspberry Pi first launched, this was the prime feature of the thing. Can we expect same price as the Raspberry Pi 4? (at the respective RAM level)
Edit: found it here: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/
So the 4 GB model is 60$, which is 5$ more than the 4 GB model of the Raspberry 4 when that was launched: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-... . I guess that is fair, especially with inflation nowadays. So they stay true to the idea of making this available for cheap.
- martijnvds 3y ago$60 for the model with 4GB of RAM and $80 for 8GB. It's mentioned in Eben Upton's blog post (linked from the announcement): https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/
- crossroadsguy 3y ago[flagged]
- vor0nwe 3y agoYou’re aware that ‘they, the fruit sellers’ isn't very distinctive in this context?
- crossroadsguy 3y agoYes it is. Because the other possible reference isn’t selling even a full device at $200 and they are not at all known as the fruit company.
- sillysaurusx 3y agoSure, if you want the raw board and nothing else. I spent $100 for a starter kit that had an enclosure and some heat sinks. It came with a controller for a retropi installation too which was a nice touch.
- stranded22 3y agoEngadget has the price at $60 for 4gb and $80 for 8gb. https://www.engadget.com/the-raspberry-pi-5-uses-the-companys-own-chip-designs-061316561.html?src=rss https://www.engadget.com/the-raspberry-pi-5-uses-the-company...
- schappim 3y agoRaspberry Pi 5 4GB - US$60.00 (EAN 5056561803319) Raspberry Pi 5 8GB - US$80.00 (EAN 5056561803326)
- Citizen_Lame 3y agoCheaper to buy in the US than the UK.
- DrBazza 3y agoWe're not called Treasure Island for nothing.
- asdfbank 3y agoTrue, it's called Treasure Island because of all the stolen treasure it holds.. but jokes aside (shouldn't be a joke) i'm going to have a friend pick up one for me in UK and send it over to ZA where pricing is so so much worse.
- thereisnojesus 3y agoWhy do people in text attempt to joke, then pull back on the joke, making it not a joke and simply wasting time with useless banter?
- Y_Y 3y agoFor people like me who enjoy only, and exactly, that.
- thereisnojesus 3y ago[flagged]
- lonjil 3y agoPresumably due to higher taxes on sold goods in the UK?
- Archelaos 3y ago> I guess that is fair, especially with inflation nowadays. The accumulated inflation in the US since June 2019 is c. 17%.[1] This means US$ 55 in June 2019 is "worth" c. US$ 64.35 today. So it seems that you get a 4GB Raspi 5 for c. 7.25% less today. The "US Real Average Hourly Earnings" have increase by ca. 22% in the same period, from US$ 27.75 to US$ 33.82.[2] So an average person needs to work c. 12% less to buy a 4GB Raspi 5 today. However, I think the issue is more complicated: There is inherent deflation in electronics, which is included in the inflation rate. you can observe it when looking at the current price of a 4GB Raspi 4 at Amazone, which is c. US$ 67. So if the introductory price for a Rapsi 5 is really going to be US$ 60, you get something better for more than 10% less now. [1] https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/ https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-infl... [2] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/realer_07112019.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/realer_07112019.ht... and https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm
- wredue 3y agoPlease stop using “average” for wage comparisons. It’s an utterly useless metric for showing if wages are moving or not. If you must use average, then you should remove the top 5% from the average.
- sapiogram 3y ago> If you must use average, then you should remove the top 5% from the average. 5% is too arbitrary, just use the median.
- adolph 3y agoGiven outliers in a skewed dataset, wouldn't median be a worse description than mean without outliers? https://openstax.org/books/statistics/pages/2-6-skewness-and-the-mean-median-and-mode https://openstax.org/books/statistics/pages/2-6-skewness-and...
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- agloe_dreams 3y agoMy gripe is that the original Pi cost $35 at launch and while they have made a better Pi...They have not made a Pi at that price ever again, even accounting for Inflation. Furthermore, increased power consumption and features have added big price jumps to the required Accessories. Now you need miniHDMI adapters rather than more common HDMI, you need cooling, you need more expensive power adapters. a fully set up Pi 1 was simple USB, SD, and HDMI All possible in a $50 budget or less if you had some stuff. Now you are $90 in to run it.
- mrguyorama 3y agoDo the modern Pi Zeros not compete with the original Pi at a stupid low price?
- agloe_dreams 3y agoNot really, the small size adds the need for all kinds of adapters to have the same functionality.
- stkdump 3y agoNo need for the wifi and bt dongles anymore, are they are integrated in the Zero 2 W. You can connect keyboard and mouse either via bt or via a single usb otg dongle to connect a wireless keyboard/mouse set or a keyboard with integrated usb hub. In my opinion this is superior to the original B. And far superior to the original A anyway, while still being cheaper. Remember even the original B had just two USB ports, so in practice you needed an extra hub almost always, because of missing functionality that is now integrated.
- bmurphy1976 3y agoThe Pi Zero 1 performance is pretty bad and it doesn't support 64bit OSes (so no Ubuntu). The Pi Zero 2 looks pretty decent for the price, performance should be ok-ish and it'll run Ubuntu... if you could actually get one.
- HankB99 3y ago
- nmz 3y agoNot to mention it now requires a new PSU. Before you could use your standard $5 (android) phone charger at (5W), then you had to buy a 15W one and now a 27W. To whoever thinks pi's are cheap, you can get more functionality out of a used laptop for less money, but probably worse specs and probably x86.
- flyinghamster 3y agoBut, you really only need the 27W supply if you need to pump a lot of power through the USB ports. It'll run just fine (even using less power) on the 15W unit with more modest loads.
- dfox 3y agoThe standard charger is 2.5W, not 5W, and RPi3 will happily run from that, for RPi4 2.5W is somewhat marginal, but it will still work. I suspect that RPi5 is going to be somewhere around 3W (non-PD USB3). The official RPi specs intentionally overblow the power consumption in order to provide an buffer for powering whatever ridiculous stuff people may hang off the USB ports. Then the other issue is that all RPis need somewhat tighter voltage tolerance than what is in USB specification. So it is perfectly possible that a cable between the power supply and RPi is compliant, but has too large series resistance on power lines for RPi. And well, powering RPi from random aliexpress-grade “Android chargers” is completely another bad idea.
- BHSPitMonkey 3y agoThe old standard Pi PSUs output up to 2.5 amps (not watts), which at 5V gives you up to 12.5W. Older boards with simpler workloads could usually manage at 1A (5W) but it was always preferred to have at least 2A (10W) to work with.
- dfox 3y agoI meant “standard USB charger” from your pile of random chargers, not the one that RPi Foundation sells. Such a thing hopefully provides the 500mA, that the USB2 port is supposed to deliver.
- voytec 3y ago> No word on price. They link to multiple regional reseller sites [0], where prices are available. I see €73.90 (€60.08 pre-tax) for the 4GB version and €97.50 (€79.27 pre-tax) for 8GB in Poland. [0] https://www.raspberrypi.com/resellers/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/resellers/
- column 3y agoThe value proposition is there for me. I bought a "BMAX B1 Plus" for about 70$ including shipping from AliExpress. It's as small as 2 or 3 CD cases stacked together. It is a fully fledged PC that comes with windows 10 (no support for windows 11 but LinuxMint and other distro work well too), an hdmi cable, and a clever mounting bracket to attach it to the back of a monitor. It is passively cooled, pulls about 4 Watts. Biggest downside is the power supply with a cylindar connector. I use it solely to connect to my main PC using RustDesk and it is great for that.
- ant6n 3y ago„ PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals“ I wanna see somebody hook up a GeForce card over to that 1x pci express. Play some Crysis using Box86.