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I don't understand why the pi400/500 lines aren't using compute modules. That would have made them upgradeable in cpu speed or ram. I was interested in the con
by prmoustache 2y ago
I don't understand why the pi400/500 lines aren't using compute modules. That would have made them upgradeable in cpu speed or ram.
I was interested in the concept of a pi400 but never bought one because there was only one spec and there was no way I could update it in the future.
- djaychela 2y agoI'd say it would be more expensive to make it like that? There's already enough complaints about how 'expensive' the Pi line has become (I don't think they are in reality taking inflation into account, FTR), so adding a few £ would mean they would be more expensive again. In addition, there's not that many chances for performance upgrades - there's only been 2 generations in the current form factor, and that could change again depending on where the Pi6 line goes?
- prmoustache 2y ago> I'd say it would be more expensive to make it like that? Only marginally. And they probabky lost a lot if sales because of that. From the very start, a pi 400 with 4GB of ram was a non starter for me in 2020, and a 8GB one is the same for me in 2024. However if they had said we guarantee we will support this board for 8 years with new compute modules, I may have bought one and moved the cm4 to a different headless compute module board when I would have upgraded it. And that may have opened a market had they decided to create a standard motherboard form factor for arm cpu modules in a keyboard.