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   Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 02:28:54 JST Ars Technica

   New $120 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 is for the people who use it like an everyday PC
   But at $120, the new board has to compete with a wider universe of mini PCs.
   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/new-120-16gb-raspberry-pi-5-is-for-the-people-who-use-it-like-an-everyday-pc/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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     Xenotar (xenotar@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 02:28:53 JST Xenotar

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     @arstechnica Orange Pi 3b is a better option ($80)

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     Dennis Moser (dennis_moser@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 02:54:36 JST Dennis Moser

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     • Xenotar

     @xenotar "better" is a personal opinion... horses for courses.

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     Xenotar (xenotar@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:12:36 JST Xenotar

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     • Dennis Moser

     @dennis_moser Have you tried it ?

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     Dennis Moser (dennis_moser@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 06:03:57 JST Dennis Moser

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     • Xenotar

     @xenotar No, but I haven’t stated, w/out providing evidence one way or the other, that either is « better » than the other. Hence , « better » is a personal opinion. I use several RP5 devices and can state that for the use context I mention, an increase in RAM would be beneficial.

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     Xenotar (xenotar@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 06:15:11 JST Xenotar

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     • Dennis Moser

     @dennis_moser That's what I imagined.

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     Dennis Moser (dennis_moser@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 06:16:06 JST Dennis Moser

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     @xenotar ???

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     Xenotar (xenotar@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 08:20:11 JST Xenotar

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     • older

     @older @arstechnica is the price for a 8G board plus a 256 emmc card. The board alone costs ~$50.

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     older (older@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 08:20:12 JST older

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     • Xenotar

     @xenotar
     It looks like $80 is a price for 8GB model? Then it is the same price as RPi 8Gb, so not cheaper. And software and community support on all these alternative "Pis" was always awful compared to RPi.
     @arstechnica

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     Xenotar (xenotar@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 09:42:40 JST Xenotar

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     I didn't make a comparison, I wrote:
     "Orange Pi 3b is a better option ($80)"
     because with 8G of RAM and a 256G emmc it is a more capable system than the other with 16G, if necessary add an NVME SSD
     And as someone mentioned, if an application requires more than 8G there are several mini-PC options that offer more robust solutions than both of these development boards.
     I don't think that Rockship's change of position affects the RK3566 used in this development board, only future projects.
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     older (older@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 09:42:41 JST older

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     • Xenotar

     @xenotar
     So not really comparable to 16Gb RPi. Also software support prospects are not very bright with the news like this:
     https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy/113698847221483936
     @arstechnica

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     Xenotar (xenotar@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 09:43:02 JST Xenotar

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     You've never used Armbian or Ubuntu on an Orange Pi, have you?
     I didn't imagine that there were Raspberry fans who behave like Apple fans, Raspberry doesn't need to be defended by you, by acting like this you've made this place as unhealthy as X. I'm going to silence the fanatics
     Bye