alt Hacker NewsThe purpose of the Pi is affordable computing for learning. That's pointless if the system is very expensive.
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justincormack • today at 6:01 PM
People are going to have to learn to program with less RAM....
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dofm • today at 6:20 PM
Not really anymore, no.
The Foundation and the Trading Company have different goals, and the Foundation is not wedded to the Linux SBC Pi at all for this.
Physical computing education with Python is more than adequately served by the RP2040 and RP2350, and that is more or less where their focus is.
(Beyond that I think most of this is just geek whining, to be honest.)
Palomides • today at 6:14 PM
a perfectly serviceable new rpi 3 is available for $39
paxy • today at 6:16 PM
So they should dissolve the organization because RAM is expensive?
the original pi launched in 2012 for like $35 I think
the pi5 1GB model is now $45, so with inflation etc that's not too bad considering the feature set.
However, getting your hands on a 1GB model these days is practically impossible unless you go used.