When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sells for $385

Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by batrat on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:14PM (#50429264)

And it all started with $32. Also 16GB of RAM is a lot for RPi, IMO.

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by varispeed on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:16PM (#50429294)

Someone said 640kB is enough for everyone.

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by Aurornis on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:40PM (#50429665)

The entry level option is the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, which is still $15

https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/

It also has twice the RAM of the original Raspberry Pi (at launch), plus WiFi, plus a lot of CPU power, and a powerful GPU, and a lot more.

I have a 16GB model and I use that much RAM for some specific development work on the Raspberry Pi platform, but now I wish they had never announced the 16GB model. It has created so many complaints from people who shouldn't and won't be buying it.

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by forgotpwd16 on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:35PM (#50431677)

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by nbernard on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:41PM (#50429668)

It depends a lot on your use case. For headless stuff (automation that mostly uses the GPIO, for instance, or running a few "old school" server processes), you usually don't need that much RAM. However, when used as desktop computers, 8GB becomes the bare minimum to run a modern Web browser with a few tabs...

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by justin66 on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:35PM (#50430637)

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