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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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