Re: Diversity - good or bad ?

On 1/11/25 9:02 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:19:56 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

    As for the 16gb ... well, if it's not TOO much more expensive, may as
    well have it. However 4gb has always been more than enough for
    anything I've wanted to do with a Pi. Even the ancient 250mb ones
    worked OK with Linux - though I never tried OpenSUSE/KDE on a Pi-1.

 https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/the_ultimate_pi_5_arrives/?td=rt-3a
 $40 is chump change for me but it wouldn't do anything for me. So far I am
using the Pi to work with the Pico although I did get a GPIO extension
board and may do something with the Pi itself. The extension board has the
pins labeled which is a distinct plus. Counting holes in a solderless
breadboard is a PITA when you don't have 20 year old eyes.

   $40 ? Are you buying in the USA ??? Pi's are EXPENSIVE,
   check Amazon US. Pi5 + CanaKit box, PS, fan ... you're
   talking minimum $135 depending on options.
https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Starter-Kit-PRO/dp/B0CRSNCJ6Y?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.W5N9lppf7Ww6euC0QW7LizVaMqsTVa_ZF1ySG95x3DhLGJOeY4hNm7YIsSGkw4Tx-tDwimaCEao30Em8UViHPG4rroRGP7_ye5Z9brI1z3XMJSqxWWzf8C9ARJ0Jxdep_lO1YC7W-TkaDsZpMENZJ6UqWTflP6edM1bZMZvV1cVXBndhCgqza7SSWW8Moq-CZ-jLWX_oZW4GPuGtHLZX4RSe9A3SFjC8VRazQLOT2vOVhci3uVkf9o1GJybcDY7dCvVN6ta-20km-kNSWPMvJvjehuIAW8aZ_sStiefpr-Zx1H-PWxubnKGvKZ05STIcG_jqTtkPfq0TZ4vi0Xra37TNsvk5hiLMoOVXYdOQ3IM.MTaGyCwBB8MWoakywVSepd10p5Z8BLUYFwDewCr3vlI&dib_tag=se&keywords=raspberry%2Bpi%2B5&qid=1736650511&refinements=p_123%3A7183&rnid=85457740011&s=electronics&sr=1-1&th=1
   UK price is lower but I don't wanna expose my card to
   the international environment more than needed and
   shipping would eat up some of the 'savings'.
   Anyway, except for using a few Pi3's as security cam
   servers (via 'motion') I'm not really doing anything
   at the moment that requires all those I/O pins so
   I've been buying BeeLink/BMax boxes instead (they
   have an N-100 now for about $165)