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Raspberry Pi - Introducing: Raspberry Pi 5 (www.raspberrypi.com)

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I want to be excited about this, but I just don’t believe I’ll actually be able to get one for retail price. For much of the RP4 lifecycle they prioritized corporate sales, and regular consumers were out of luck. I don’t have a lot of faith in them right now.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

we’re going to ringfence all of the Raspberry Pi 5s we sell until at least the end of the year for single-unit sales to individuals, so you get the first bite of the cherry.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

They’re probably doing that for first batch bug fixes.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To keep alive the community that maintains the packages that businesses use? /s

There are a few things you won't forget and the last years were one of those events. Thankfully the competition made leaps forward regarding software support.

Do you remember FTDI-gate 1 & 2 (approx. 1 decade ago)? I do and FTDI never made it back onto my BOM and probably never will again, at least until SiliconLabs, WCH, and Holtek screw it up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

We are dumping the RPI computer modules form our BOM too. The N100 is at a very low price point and readily available. Never again in my BOM.