schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up1631arrow-down14
arrow-up1627arrow-down1external-linkOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square180fedilink
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·7 hours agoJesus! I bought mine for $29.95 about 15 years ago.
minus-squareLe_Roi_Est_Mort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 hours agoMy first Pi was a Zero. It came free with a PC magazine. It was taped to the cover. I think the retail price then was something like $5
minus-squareJiral@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 hours agoPi Zeros sell nowadays for 13 EUR. I don’t know when you got yours but it might be just regular inflation since then.
minus-squareutopiah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoYou probably meant a Pi 1 which even though does share the name is in terms performance is a lot more than 10x better, see e.g. https://the-diy-life.com/raspberry-pi-drag-race-pi-1-to-pi-5-performance-comparison/ I’m not saying anybody needs a RPi 5 … but it’s also not fair to compare to something related yet different.
Jesus! I bought mine for $29.95 about 15 years ago.
My first Pi was a Zero. It came free with a PC magazine. It was taped to the cover. I think the retail price then was something like $5
Pi Zeros sell nowadays for 13 EUR. I don’t know when you got yours but it might be just regular inflation since then.
You probably meant a Pi 1 which even though does share the name is in terms performance is a lot more than 10x better, see e.g. https://the-diy-life.com/raspberry-pi-drag-race-pi-1-to-pi-5-performance-comparison/
I’m not saying anybody needs a RPi 5 … but it’s also not fair to compare to something related yet different.