Woot! has
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B: Broadcom BCM2711, 8GB LPDDR4 SDRAM for
$44.99.
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Thanks to Community Member
Penguina for finding this deal.
Features:
- Broadcom BCM2711, quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz; 8 GB LPDDR4-2400 SDRAM
- Dual displays: with Raspberry Pi 4, you can run two monitors at once — and in 4K@60Hz, too!
- Silent, energy-efficient: The fanless, energy-efficient Raspberry Pi runs silently and uses far less power than other computers.
- GPIO: Standard 40-pin GPIO header(fully backwards-compatible with previous boards)
- True gigabit ethernet, 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ac wireless LAN, Bluetooth 5.0, BLE; Upgraded with two USB 3 ports, which can transfer data up to ten times faster.
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i say go for it, buy them another friend!!!
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The best way to conserve resources is by using what you already have, like your existing computer.
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If I buy this, I have to buy other things for it, case, power supplies, and other stuff and the price will go up some.
The last month there have been a lot of those mini-PC's for 130 -200 dollars with 16ram DDR5 memory, in complete package, and that comes with windows 11 pro, and all types of stuff.
Did these mini-PC's replace the people that are doing the PI stuff. I'm not knocking anything, but times change, and tech changes pretty fast.
If you had 150 dollars to buy something like this PI ... what is currently the best bang for the buck. Don't give me thumbs up or down, instead post a comment of your thoughts about BEST BANG for the buck.
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Over the last decade, laptop/desktop tech has majorly plateaued -- resulting in price drops for older/refurbished hardware that's 100% entirely perfectly usable for general purpose activities. For example, 8th gen Intel CPUs were released back in 2017 -- and they're the oldest that can officially run Windows 11. You can get refurbished Dell 13" laptops that are 8th gen/16gb ram/512gb storage for less than $150. You can also get brand new "NUC/atom" microPCs of comparable performance.
For this "Raspberry Pi", you'll need to buy a special case, memory card, special power supply, speakers, microphone, webcam, and monitor. You'll spend WAY more than $150 for an equivalent setup....and the RPi is woefully underpowered. That CPU is like using a budget tier ATOM cpu from a decade ago.
If you want to control GPIO, you can get $15 breakout boards that plug into your computer's USB port.
If you want ultra-low power, there are cheaper microcontrollers out there that sip power.
The only people using RPis are those in denial of the above, those who bought them years ago and have "sunk costs", or those promoting their own businesses that sell RPis and RPi accessories.
$45 RPi + shipping + $20 case + $10-15 power supply + $10 microSD card. Add in a monitor if you don't have one sitting around.
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