Both 4Gb and 8Gb variants are in stock and ready to ship.
Raspberry Pi 5 4GB $103.41, 8GB $137.92 (Out of stock) + $9 Delivery @ Pi Australia
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Agree. With a 10 watt Beelink or equivalent mini PC going for ~$200 including an SSD, cover (!) and power supply the RPi are not as desirable as they once were.
Wasn't the whole idea of a pi to be cheap so anyone can build?
At this pricd you can almost get an old Windows PC, put Linux on it and do similar things
ThinkCentre Tinys with XXXXT cpus running proxmox are my life now. I only have two RPIs left in rotation: one running my 3d printer and the other as a backup OMV and PiHole install. And when they fail, which they will, I won't be replacing them for my needs.
Pi introduced me to this stuff, but I've definitely evolved beyond it.
Limitations, failing SD cards, prices going up on newer pi models. Arm limitations. It's just not worth it anymore
They haven't stopped selling all of the older ones. Each model has different price points different capabilities. You can still buy a Zero that will run the Raspberry Pi OS and make IoT projects… though even it has jumped up to around the $25 mark.
Agree, when you can purchase an ex lease mini lenovo i5 with 12GB RAM and a 256GB SSD NVME for less than the price of a Pi why would you buy a Pi.
Because the Pi has other use cases. Not everyone can stick a mini PC against a TV using HDMI CEC.
Why not? They're not really that much bigger, and what they lack in size, they more than make up in grunt. Putting one of these behind a TV would be simple, even a couple of Command stickers could hold them up.
@vger74656: 1) Lenovos cannot be stuck to the back of a TV. They are too heavy
2) You would need to turn on the PC manually everytime
3) No HDMI CEC capability.
4) Heat and TDP issues with LenovoI use a Pi with a Kodi front end for my TVs. Works flawlessly with the TV remote
@Piranha2004: Probably a cheaper option by now, but you can add HDMI CEC to any PC via Pulse 8 adapter.
Still, pi does it out of the box. Solutions to having your PC turn on with the TV to. Well the NUC specific CEC adapters do it anyway as I recall, but options for other PCs. Then again, could always just run a fire stick, google, apple tv, etc. if you are using it just for media.
As someone who is just starting to jump into the IoT space and was considering a rPi to do that, do you have any recommendations on something that would be better?
Currently looking at IoTstack as my 'jumping off point'
I want to purchase one… but if I need to buy the proper power charger in the future and pay for shipping again.. then no deal.
I use PI4 for Home assistance and PIKVM, HA support will be some time early next year.. So I'll come back when Charger is available.
I use my 3 year old Samsung charger with usb c cable to power my pi4. Works great
My understanding is that the Pi 4 power supply will work fine unless you're using the Pi 5 to power high-current USB devices (unpowered external HDDs etc.). For normal use, even stressing the SOC, the Pi 4 supply will be perfectly adequate.
Throws an error when trying to boot off of USB but allows the user to override and boot anyway.
pi are dogs
haha, yeah maybe. But that is the first time I saw the beagleboard
Was umming and ahhing about getting an 8GB, oos now lol
Dunno if I need one yet, but was worried that by the time I have a use for one they won't be available :D
Digikey also seems to have stock? e.g. 8GB here https://www.digikey.com.au/en/products/detail/raspberry-pi/S…
I love rPi but damn they are getting priced out of their intended use cases now.