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Ouch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385 (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] Hal@piefed.nz 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

That has 8GB RAM. The only reason the Pi in the headline is so expensive is the 16GB RAM. As others mentioned, the 1GB or 2GB options are a fraction of the cost.

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It also comes with windows. I would pick it over a pi every single time.

[–] roundabout@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why do you need Windows?

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Because I just want things to work.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

The 8GB Pi5 is still around $250 though and will be much less capable than that mini PC.