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[–] ohto@lemmy.sdf.org 84 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to be excited about this, but I just don’t believe I’ll actually be able to get one for retail price. For much of the RP4 lifecycle they prioritized corporate sales, and regular consumers were out of luck. I don’t have a lot of faith in them right now.

[–] tal@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we’re going to ringfence all of the Raspberry Pi 5s we sell until at least the end of the year for single-unit sales to individuals, so you get the first bite of the cherry.

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.one 19 points 1 year ago

They’re probably doing that for first batch bug fixes.