For what its worth the 1GB version of the Raspberry Pi 4 has been discontinued. Now they only offer the 2GB or the 4GB Raspberry Pi 4. To say they are an incredible device is an understatement, especially the Pi 4, as it has USB3 and Gigabit ethernet.
They are unbelievably powerful with their limited hardware, and use memory exceptionally well. Prices on them are very odd, as there is a huge demand for them but yet you can find them at Microcenter discounted, and then some places online they are priced over suggested list and are sold out.
They are not for the casual user, unless someone who likes to tinker with them sets them up for them, and then the machine is a delight. There are lots of simple to follow guides for them, and can do all sorts of things, but they are not plug and play like a Windows machine or a Chromebook. Once they are set up they can do some things that would normally take something that costs ten times the price.
If you like to tinker, or have someone in the house that would like to learn computing, operating systems and programming this is an unbelievable device to experiment with while still saving the families computer from said experimentation.
It's also a great way to start to learn Linux, where you will discover that Windows is not the os you were lead to believe.
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Did they also have the 2gb version there that you saw?
Didn't really need it right now but too good a deal to pass up.
They are unbelievably powerful with their limited hardware, and use memory exceptionally well. Prices on them are very odd, as there is a huge demand for them but yet you can find them at Microcenter discounted, and then some places online they are priced over suggested list and are sold out.
They are not for the casual user, unless someone who likes to tinker with them sets them up for them, and then the machine is a delight. There are lots of simple to follow guides for them, and can do all sorts of things, but they are not plug and play like a Windows machine or a Chromebook. Once they are set up they can do some things that would normally take something that costs ten times the price.
If you like to tinker, or have someone in the house that would like to learn computing, operating systems and programming this is an unbelievable device to experiment with while still saving the families computer from said experimentation.
It's also a great way to start to learn Linux, where you will discover that Windows is not the os you were lead to believe.