Jeff Geerling23h ago

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/

Show threadsynlogic4242
@geerlingguy wild. Macbook Neo is $600
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Show threadnieuemma20h ago
@synlogic4242 @geerlingguy My laptop would have been hundreds more if I had waited. Hindsight is 20/15 but gosh I wish I ordered 2x16 instead of 2x8 memory.