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 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.)

[ Parent | on HN ]

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/?

[ Parent | on HN ]

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.

[ Parent | on HN ]