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It's honestly good advice, but I much prefer original hardware when possible. (lemmy.world)

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[-] galloFino@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago

Where is the raspberry pi at 30$??? it is more than that nowadays

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

They're inflated right now, depending on where you buy them. I got one for MSRP (around 30 bucks) last year at my local electronics store, but I had to give them my info to deter scalping.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago

An official raspberry pi isn't worth gettin imo. Especially after their artificial availability issues during the pandemic.

Plenty of alternatives out there, which is what I'd recommend. OrangePi is much more reasonable price wise.

And if you don't need arm, a used thin client will do the same job, cost a lot less, and have more compatibility.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's got to the point were for the price of a Pi 5 plus necessary kit, youcan just get a Mini PC with an Intel N100 (maybe the only decent thing Intel has done in the last couple of years) which has a lot more power and expandability though it consumes 15W instead of 7W and would probably be a better choice for running emulators.

[-] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm hoping risc-v can join soon at reasonable speeds.

[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah I’m a huge Raspberry Pi fan but not only is it practically impossible to find a pi at that price, pi’s also can’t reliably emulate games past the 32 bit era