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Raspberry Pi blocks changing RAM chips

258 points · 211 comments · edandersen

  1. kingstnap · · focus · HN ↗
    I mean the Pi currently makes little to no sense to buy anyway. So locking down parts barely moves the needle. The value proposition is unbelievably bad at spending upwards of $423 CAD for a 16GB Raspberry Pi. Which is literally just the bare board.

    The 2026 financial report is apparently this Thursday on Sept 24. So will see how this played out for them. Their stock is all over the place anyway with low float.

    1. bluGill · · focus · HN ↗
      The pi is useful because it is well supported. Either buy a x86, or buy pi - anything else and good luck keeping it working. You need to plan on spending your time writing/maintain the drivers to keep your system working.

      Even for pi, the real value is in industrial companies that don't want to hire their own maintainers.

      1. selfhoster11 · · focus · HN ↗
        I have at one point faced the “should I buy x86 instead”, and decided low-power Intel CPUs make it viable. Guess I’m gonna pick the x86.
        1. bluGill · · focus · HN ↗
          The latest low power Intel is very nice. ARM beats it for doing nothing, but when getting things done things are more complex.
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