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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by oakchris1955 on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:31PM (#50429523)
> Sure... but... the original $35 RasPi is closer to a modern RasPi Zero 1, which looks like it's selling for $45 - $50 on Amazon.

Yeah, because a second-hand 13-year-old computer is gonna last quite a long time.

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by PorciiVorbesc on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:36PM (#50429584)
A 13 year old computer is gonna use a lot more power than a RPi, that's for sure.
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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by OhMeadhbh on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:43PM (#50431795)
You would think... but if you don't have to run the 13 year old computer at full tilt, then the power difference may be minimal. The LEON SoS SPARC clones I used wound up consuming MUCH less power than modern intel cores.
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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by PorciiVorbesc on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:04PM (#50432916)
>but if you don't have to run the 13 year old computer at full tilt

Ex

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by OhMeadhbh on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:41PM (#50431758)
I have a 60 year old computer attached to my Minuteman III and it's doing fine. A 13 year old computer that still works is a computer that still works. And if it's worked 13 years, then it might last another 13 years (unlike the Intel NUC that died after 18 months.)
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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by nyargh on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:35PM (#50432550)
Your /what/?
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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by booty on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:56PM (#50432830)
When you say, "my" do you mean "my personal property" and by "Minuteman III" are we talking about the missile?

Ignoring all of that for a second, and focusing on the generalized sentiment:

    I have a 60 year old computer attached to my 
    [...] and it's doing fine
Well, I'm a huge fan of that, but that seems like a fixed-purpose system. What a lot of people want from personal computers is the flexibility of doing fun and new things: new software, games, whatever.

Even "browsing the web" is (highly unfortunately) not a fixed purpose, as web standards evolve and pages (highly unfortunately) get heavier and more JS-dependent.

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