A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S

Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S by godelski on Sunday October 08, 2023 @03:31PM (#37813668)

They do have the zero, but it hasn't been updated in awhile and I wish it was. There are still tons of projects with benefit from these cheap microboards, even smaller than the pi. The Pis have become pretty powerful but also more expensive. It would be nice to have, like you're suggesting, a trade-off and it have a clearly good platform to use

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Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S by FlagsAreFun on Sunday October 08, 2023 @08:55PM (#37815803)

They did release the Zero 2 W, which is much improved from the first model: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/

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Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S by godelski on Monday October 09, 2023 @05:07AM (#37818473)

That was released at the end of 2021.

For more context:

Raspberry pi: April 2014

Pi Zero: Nov 2015 (1x ARM1176JZF-S @ 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM)

Pi Zero 1.3: May 2016 (now you can use cameras)

Pi Zero W: Feb 2017 (Wifi and bluetooth 4.1)

Pi Zero WH: Jan 2018 (omg, soldering the gpio pins? Much wow)

Pi Zero 2 W: Oct 2021 (4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1Ghz, still 512 MB, now bluetooth 4.2)

I'm not at all convinced they are caring about this market. Realistically there have only been 3 models and there really hasn't been much push into this area. The Zero 2 upgrade wasn't anywhere near the leap that the normal pis are making. I know there is more limitations, but they also have more competitors and it isn't like the zeros are sitting on shelves. There's till a good market for <$20 computers (and especially for a $5 one)

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