<![CDATA[It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally!]]>It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! A new 3 GB RAM model of Pi 4 is out... and price increases almost across the board 😭 https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-for-83-75-and-more-memory-driven-price-increases/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8a177b25-f001-4270-a67a-fa7570bb4db1/it-s-an-odd-day-for-raspberry-pi-literallyRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 19:22:32 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2026 13:08:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:43:51 GMT]]>@geerlingguy I know you’ve seen this video

we wanted it to be cost effective, we wanted it to be cheap

RPI1 was $35

Raspberry Pi was founded with a mission to put affordable computing in the hands of people all around the world

https://youtu.be/eiwm5TMHIy8

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/GuillaumeRossolini/statuses/116331395898382158https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/GuillaumeRossolini/statuses/116331395898382158Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:43:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:30:51 GMT]]>@adx @geerlingguy I don’t know why, but Adafruit still lists the 16GB model as $219 (they’ve had it listed at that price for awhile—again, I’ve been checking 🫠), so where this was bizarre that it was $20 pricier than elsewhere, now it’s $80 *cheaper* than most others.

At least for now.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://quinnwitz.house/users/magsol/statuses/116331344794342302https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://quinnwitz.house/users/magsol/statuses/116331344794342302Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:30:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:27:52 GMT]]>@mausmalone yep

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geerlingguy/statuses/116330861167888716https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geerlingguy/statuses/116330861167888716Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:27:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:26:05 GMT]]>@will me too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geerlingguy/statuses/116330854168484298https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geerlingguy/statuses/116330854168484298Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:26:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:25:40 GMT]]>@carbide apparently

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geerlingguy/statuses/116330852543001972https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/geerlingguy/statuses/116330852543001972Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:25:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:29:09 GMT]]>@ro_c @geerlingguy it isn't a joke. Upton had to specifically say it's real "despite the date" in the linked blog post.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mausmalone/statuses/116330394369637240https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mausmalone/statuses/116330394369637240Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:29:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:13:00 GMT]]>@geerlingguy glad I have a so-called "problematic" number of Pi 4 & 5 boards. I also found some DDR4 kits laying around the other day. Feels like I hit the saddest jackpot ever!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wbud/statuses/116330330882167201https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wbud/statuses/116330330882167201Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:13:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:33:13 GMT]]>@geerlingguy I know this is an April Fools joke, but these boards have got so expensive for my use case. it would be cheaper to buy a used desktop in this day and age.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115770927883075680/statuses/116330174451470160https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115770927883075680/statuses/116330174451470160Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:33:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:50:47 GMT]]>@adx @geerlingguy Yeah I went to the Microcenter page just to check, and indeed it’s true: they jumped from $195-205 (it’s been oscillating because I’ve actually had my eye on it for a planned upgrade) to $299 *literally overnight*.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://quinnwitz.house/users/magsol/statuses/116329771695069725https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://quinnwitz.house/users/magsol/statuses/116329771695069725Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:50:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:49:20 GMT]]>@magsol @geerlingguy It's already been at $200+. Is this in addition to that?

Edit: Yes it is.

Raspberry Pi 5 16GB is available now for $305.

W.T.F.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adx/statuses/116329765956902520https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adx/statuses/116329765956902520Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:49:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:45:58 GMT]]>@geerlingguy this is starting to get really expensive, for a hobby

Long are gone the “let’s make this available for everyone” days

[edit] wait is this for real or just April 1st

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/GuillaumeRossolini/statuses/116329752729317538https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/GuillaumeRossolini/statuses/116329752729317538Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:45:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:37:36 GMT]]>@geerlingguy A 16 GB Pi5 that was $120 a year ago, has more than doubled its price to $245. Terrible 😭

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/doragasu/statuses/116329719821743795https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/doragasu/statuses/116329719821743795Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:37:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:22:22 GMT]]>@geerlingguy well, shit. I was actually waiting to buy a Pi 5 until the prices went down.

I don't know about y'all, but I'd rather see people build cool ass projects than have access to the wrong answer machine.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://www.librepunk.club/users/will/statuses/116329659924485194https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://www.librepunk.club/users/will/statuses/116329659924485194Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:22:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:18:40 GMT]]>@geerlingguy eeeeeh a Pi 3 3GB for the price of what was a Pi 5 8GB is crazy.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tripplehelix/statuses/116329645403983589https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/tripplehelix/statuses/116329645403983589Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:18:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:13:23 GMT]]>@geerlingguy

Makes you wonder if they'll think of using half bad / faulty RAM chips, like the Sinclair Spectrum did in the 1980's 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116329624594972303https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116329624594972303Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:13:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:11:57 GMT]]>@geerlingguy literal 50% price hike on the top end Pi 5s? Holy GEEZ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://quinnwitz.house/users/magsol/statuses/116329618942759783https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://quinnwitz.house/users/magsol/statuses/116329618942759783Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:11:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:10:39 GMT]]>@geerlingguy does this mean the 4GB model I got for a stalled project is an appreciating asset?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bitbang.social/users/carbide/statuses/116329613831782646https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bitbang.social/users/carbide/statuses/116329613831782646Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:10:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally! on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:09:20 GMT]]>@geerlingguy man they have to stop doing these announcements on April 1.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mausmalone/statuses/116329608675617094https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mausmalone/statuses/116329608675617094Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:09:20 GMT