It’s nice and cheap. But I would implore everyone to fork out for the max version. Future-proof yourselves.
Depends on how it’s used. I reckon 2GB will continue to be plenty for a home network router or media player, for example, given that ten-year-old models with half that RAM are still doing those jobs.
Still waiting on the Compute Model 5. Really excited to see what it can do in a PSP shell although the increased cooling requirement worries me a bit.
Off topic but need to know … Anyone have experience with Android on RPi5? I have 2 RPi4 at home and my Philips tv with Androidtv from 2018 has gone inte sluggish mode after the last couple of updates so I would like to move to an external box to get access to streaming apps and Jellyfin.
I just haven’t been able to find a good Android/androidtv for RPi4 that is smooth.
Would RPi5 be better?
If you’re gonna buy something new, there’s better options than an RPi. Scroll through this community.
Is there a point to Raspberry Pi anymore now that much cheaper alternatives like Banana Pi, Orange Pi or Radxa exist?
I think it depends on what you need it to do. Historically, Raspberry Pi was one of the few SBCs that could produce a fractional video frame rate, for example; others would have to skip or duplicate frames to approximate it. (I don’t know if things have changed in this area lately.) Also, this model has a real PCIe port, which has advantages over USB bridges.
