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It's an odd day for Raspberry Pi—literally!

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  • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

    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/

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    @geerlingguy man they have to stop doing these announcements on April 1.

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    • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

      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/

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      @geerlingguy does this mean the 4GB model I got for a stalled project is an appreciating asset?

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      • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

        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/

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        @geerlingguy literal 50% price hike on the top end Pi 5s? Holy GEEZ

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        • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

          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/

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          @geerlingguy

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

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          • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

            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/

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            @geerlingguy eeeeeh a Pi 3 3GB for the price of what was a Pi 5 8GB is crazy.

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            • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

              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/

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              @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.

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              • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

                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/

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                @geerlingguy A 16 GB Pi5 that was $120 a year ago, has more than doubled its price to $245. Terrible 😭

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                • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

                  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/

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                  @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

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                  • magsol@quinnwitz.houseM magsol@quinnwitz.house

                    @geerlingguy literal 50% price hike on the top end Pi 5s? Holy GEEZ

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                    @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.

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                    • adx@infosec.exchangeA adx@infosec.exchange

                      @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.

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                      @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*.

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                      • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

                        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/

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                        @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.

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                        • geerlingguy@mastodon.socialG geerlingguy@mastodon.social

                          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/

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                          @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!

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                          • ro_c@mastodon.socialR ro_c@mastodon.social

                            @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.

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                            @ro_c @geerlingguy it isn't a joke. Upton had to specifically say it's real "despite the date" in the linked blog post.

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                            • carbide@bitbang.socialC carbide@bitbang.social

                              @geerlingguy does this mean the 4GB model I got for a stalled project is an appreciating asset?

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                              @carbide apparently

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                              • will@www.librepunk.clubW will@www.librepunk.club

                                @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.

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                                @will me too

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                                • mausmalone@mastodon.socialM mausmalone@mastodon.social

                                  @ro_c @geerlingguy it isn't a joke. Upton had to specifically say it's real "despite the date" in the linked blog post.

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                                  @mausmalone yep

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                                  • adx@infosec.exchangeA adx@infosec.exchange

                                    @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.

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                                    @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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                                    • guillaumerossolini@infosec.exchangeG guillaumerossolini@infosec.exchange

                                      @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

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                                      @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

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