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My 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

My 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 ago
Do the modern Pi Zeros not compete with the original Pi at a stupid low price?
- agloe_dreams 3y ago
  Not really, the small size adds the need for all kinds of adapters to have the same functionality.
  - stkdump 3y ago
    No 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 ago
  The 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
  It depends on the use case. I have several I put around the house with sensors for IoT stuff. ESP32/8266 (and newer) devices would probably be less expensive since they don't need an SD card but are more work to program. The Zero has a full OS with dev tools built in. But for running a desktop, they're not so good. They're not as cheap any more at $15US for the Zero W. I miss the days when Microcenter had them on sale for $3.14US on Pi day. They did recently have them priced at $10 to celebrate the grand opening of a new store.
fanf2 3y ago
Raspberry Pi 4 1GB available to buy for $35 https://chicagodist.com/collections/raspberry-pi/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-1gb https://chicagodist.com/collections/raspberry-pi/products/ra...
regularfry 3y ago
I don't see how this is true. $35 in 2012 is roughly $47 today. You can get a pi zero 2 kit today including the adapters, case, and PSU, for $49.95. Just the PSU, which the original didn't come with, is worth more than the $3 difference. Besides, both the pi 3 and the pi 4 were $35 at launch, so they were actually beating inflation when they were launched.
leidenfrost 3y ago
Apple showed them that an ARM desktop is totally possible. And also that making the pi 2x or 3x times faster would make a great arm linux desktop. It's more like they're expanding their top line.

mrguyorama 3y ago

Do the modern Pi Zeros not compete with the original Pi at a stupid low price?

agloe_dreams 3y ago
Not really, the small size adds the need for all kinds of adapters to have the same functionality.
- stkdump 3y ago
  No 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 ago
The 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
It depends on the use case. I have several I put around the house with sensors for IoT stuff. ESP32/8266 (and newer) devices would probably be less expensive since they don't need an SD card but are more work to program. The Zero has a full OS with dev tools built in. But for running a desktop, they're not so good. They're not as cheap any more at $15US for the Zero W. I miss the days when Microcenter had them on sale for $3.14US on Pi day. They did recently have them priced at $10 to celebrate the grand opening of a new store.

fanf2 3y ago

Raspberry Pi 4 1GB available to buy for $35 https://chicagodist.com/collections/raspberry-pi/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-1gb https://chicagodist.com/collections/raspberry-pi/products/ra...

regularfry 3y ago

I don't see how this is true. $35 in 2012 is roughly $47 today. You can get a pi zero 2 kit today including the adapters, case, and PSU, for $49.95. Just the PSU, which the original didn't come with, is worth more than the $3 difference. Besides, both the pi 3 and the pi 4 were $35 at launch, so they were actually beating inflation when they were launched.

leidenfrost 3y ago

Apple showed them that an ARM desktop is totally possible. And also that making the pi 2x or 3x times faster would make a great arm linux desktop. It's more like they're expanding their top line.