Raspberry Pi 4 8GB version was just released today! https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/8gb-raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-at-75/ 64bit version of Raspbian (Now apparently renamed to Raspberry Pi OS) in beta also released. Andrew On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 12:03, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
I just got an ad from Seeed Studio. It offers an 8G Raspberry Pi 4 for pre-order. I didn't know of this new RAM size before seeing the ad. Estimated availability date is June 5.
< https://www.seeedstudio.com/Raspberry-Pi-4-Computer-Model-B-8GB-p-4595.html
US$75 for a computer with 8G seems quite reasonable.
Being greedy, the only Pi 4's I've purchased have been 4G units. I will probably only buy 8G units in the future. I admit that 2G is enough for many purposes.
8G certainly makes a 64-bit OS more desireable. I think that Raspbian is still only 32 bits (so that all Pi's are still supported by one image, I think).
Seeed is an interesting "maker" sort of vendor. I have ordered a couple of Pi 4's from them in the past. I consider them reputable. Slowish delivery (from China). They do have a warehouse in the US too.
See also < https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/28/raspberry-pi-foundation-announces-raspberr...
This says that the Foundation has started working on 64-bit Raspbian. 64-bit Ubuntu and other distros are already available now. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk