A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S

Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S by bmicraft on Monday October 09, 2023 @03:25AM (#37817908)

I very much suspect they will be releasing 1GB or 2GB models later after the initial demand for it has died down and they can keep boards on shelves. Notice the the 1/2/4/8GB indicator on the board itself (and how they didn't say there won't be those models)

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Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S by rldjbpin on Monday October 09, 2023 @03:41AM (#37817987)

given their computation power now, how many people do you think would benefit from that offering vs older pis sold at a discount?

the main point for the price was to make it more accessible for kids, so that parents can buy one without thinking too much about the costs. the 1/2 GB may not support the desktop use cases that might be expected from the performance of the new pi.

i think the pi zero is now their main go-to device for the price-consious audience at this rate.

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Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S by bmicraft on Monday October 09, 2023 @05:03AM (#37818457)

The pi zero _2_ still is on 0.5GB of ram. 2GB would be a big step up from that. Use cases like running home assistant or unify network controller don't work below 1G, and would benefit from faster cpu and storage of the Pi 5

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Re:A Raspberry Pi 5 is better than two Pi 4S by rldjbpin on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @03:23AM (#37841851)

yes that would be a good reason for an upgrade for pi zero, but not for bringing a smaller memory variant for pi 5.

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