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  • feels like a lot of money.

    I suggest you get a jetson nano instead if youre doing robotics or anything serious with an RPI.

    If you just want a cheap computer, you're probably better off with a second hand laptop, probably cheaper too

  • > there are over a hundred of them across every continent except Antarctica, and several of them ship worldwide, so there’s almost certainly one serving your region.

    They forgot to mention 99% of them are out of stock.

  • Is it finally time to open my unused SBCs drawer and dump them all on ebay?
  • Oh no, I would be annoyed about the price hikes if I could actually buy a board anywhere...
  • Swapped a Pi for a used Dell micro in my closet rack and the thing I didn't expect to miss was GPIO, had to add a cheap Pico for the fan and sensors.
  • You could just use an old second-hand phone for under $60. You’d get a built-in battery, much more RAM, and a screen included. For the output, just use a $3 ESP32 connected over Wi-Fi or USB. Seems like a much better deal for a lot of projects.
  • Why would anyone buy a Pi when they could simply burgle the home of a friend or neighbor and steal their computer?
  • It's amazing how much they've lost the tinkerer audience over the last few years. Unless you really need the GPIO, there are far better and cheaper alternatives for a low power computer.

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