Yesterday's news about the Pi 5 16GB being $299.99 was *not* an April Fool's joke (sadly)—DRAM pricing is killing the hobby SBC market, and it's not just Raspberry Pi that's affected.
I wrote more on my blog, here: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/
@geerlingguy the most novel thing about the raspberry pi is the accessibility of the GPIO pins. If a project doesn't require this or the small form factor, then maybe it's time to grab a refurbished think centre etc.
Or maybe, do the math on what hardware is actually required for the project to run with a small margin for error.
Jeff Geerling
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