Wow, to be honest I think that that kit on Amazon is insanely over priced. $160 for that??
I attached a screen shot, I wasn’t even bargain hunting just straight from Adafruit with no discount.
$105 gets me :
Pi 5 8GB
Power supply
Case
Fan
128GB card
And you’re right you can get some great deals on used mini PC, but it’s not an equivalent exchange. I can’t install
lineageos in the x86 system for a home media center, like some people have said they do with their Pi.
Also new product means warrenty, which can mean a lot for some folks.
Thanks for indulging me in this price talk though.
Oh totally agree, and them going public (though only in UK if I understand) left me a little sour.
Hopefully they’ll stay on target though, I love the little buggers.
Wow, to be honest I think that that kit on Amazon is insanely over priced. $160 for that?? I attached a screen shot, I wasn’t even bargain hunting just straight from Adafruit with no discount. $105 gets me :
And you’re right you can get some great deals on used mini PC, but it’s not an equivalent exchange. I can’t install lineageos in the x86 system for a home media center, like some people have said they do with their Pi. Also new product means warrenty, which can mean a lot for some folks.
Thanks for indulging me in this price talk though.
Yeah I’ll give you that… kits from Amazon are absolutely over priced junk. And I wouldn’t suggest someone buying them. It was just a quick search.
Idk I guess I’m just still burnt by them focusing on businesses and not hobby folks back in the day. But hey gotta keep the lights on.
But yeah thanks for the discussion. I’m glad to hear there are still folks passionate about pi and the wacky stuff you can do with them. :)
Oh totally agree, and them going public (though only in UK if I understand) left me a little sour. Hopefully they’ll stay on target though, I love the little buggers.