Re:8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75
by GenericsMotors on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:00AM
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Similar issue in my country (Portugal). On our largest second-hand market (OLX.pt) the laptops in the 60-80 EUR range are pretty much all described as "for parts", and their specs are not comparable to this RPi model.
The snide comments like the GP's are due to them living in the american bubble.
EDIT: also note the comment you're replying to is using a traditional workstation "slab" as an example. I'd rather use a small RPi that frees up more desk space than buy something that will make my work environment at home even more cramped!
Re:8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75
by read_if_gay_ on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:37AM
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> second hand systems with an i7/i5, 8Gb RAM and an SSD go for around/over $200 not $85.
Are you looking for broken screens? If not, $200 sounds reasonable enough to me.
For $85 I can only find core2duo/quad 4gb RAM and spinning rust so there's no way that is a viable alternative for a RPi.
Maybe UK is an outlier or Austria is, I don't know.