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@betelgeuse93 @itsfoss OFC the main benefit of a #Pi5 with 1GB isn't for #consumers but #industrial customers.

#Broadcom uses @RaspberryPi / #RaspberryPi as a "#GatewayDrug" to ease #embedded systems designers/integrators into #ARM / #ARM64 systems and get those big enough to want something custom to contact Broadcom.

Also in many systems like #automation, 1GB is more than sufficient (Given that @OS1337 can run on 32 MB RAM in a VM) it's safe to assume the $5 in shave without MOQ is worth it for most buyers who want the extra compute power and I/O compared to a #Pi0W / #Pi0W2 or #Pi3B+ ...

@dalias @StryderNotavi @gantua given that early versions of the #RaspberryPi could be crashed / kernel panic'd with a xenon flash, I'd not be surprised of that possibility.

And given the early versions up to & including #Pi3B are supposed to run off #MicroUSB, sometimes with as little as 500mA ( #Pi0v1.2 ) and maxing out at 2,4A ( #Pi3Bplus ) I'm shure they are at the lower end of tolerance re: SPI bus voltages for #SD / #microSD cards...

Add to that a card that just barely keep up with it and we get those too tight tolerances between the two, so yeah, it all comes together.

OFC this is a hardware flaw and not really fixable except with a new board version / swapping certain components.

@dalias @eniko I wIshed there was a good way to boot external media on #Pi0 & #Pi0w2...

#Pi3B+ and up support #USB-#Boot out of the box...

I'm impressed at the graphics so far, I've been able to watch videos and naturally I tested #hercules for #ibm 370 #mvs a la #tk5 and the improvement over the #Pi3B alone had me order an #OrangePi #orange_pi_5 / #Pi5 16GB

Most of my daily software is available on ARM, except for official #GoogleChrome and #VMWare Horizon- I haven't started with x86 emulation/conversion but the #Pi5 I have coming is 2.5GHz, a massive improvement over the 1.5GHz #Pi4B and the 1.2GHz #Pi3B so I'll happily wait!

So I think the #raspberrypi I have running my #pihole, and #pivpn is starting to fail in some way. I tried to #vpn into my home network last night on my Surface tablet to add a profile for my brother so he could check something for me and no matter what I did it wouldn't connect. And today the vpn connection on my phone seems flaky. Well it is a #pi3b that's been running constantly for about 4 years. If it is failing its not surprising.

Adapter Board Expands the Pi Zero https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/adapter-board-expands-the-pi-zero/ #adapterboard #RaspberryPi #raspberrypi #ethernet #USBports #pizero #pi3b

@nyanotech @gsuberland #NVMe is #PCIe which will require a whole PCIe toot complex, which is much more expensive and electrically demanding than SATA and espechally USB 2.0.

Personally, booting from USB is the most important feature for the @Raspberry_Pi #Pi3B+ & #Pi3A+ and up - including #CM3+ [lite] and #CM4 [S][lite]...

@lunareclipse I mean I'd expect performance of that smartphone to be on-par with a @Raspberry_Pi #Pi3B with no added heatsink fitted to it...

So unless you want to make it a #clickfarm #bot #phone, it's less hassle to just get a somewhat recent #ThinClient and abuse that as a low-powered server.

I have one of them and at €0,62/kWh, a 2W SoC is the most reasonable option to use either @ubuntu / #UbuntuServer or any other #linux.

Plus, it's a regular-ass #amd64 system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtxzCWsDe4

@aallan @Raspberry_Pi @ancientjames next thing someone's gonna port #OpenRA to the #GamePi43 [#Pi3B+ / #Pi4B] and have meetups where people will have some tournament doing 1vs1 plays.
https://www.openra.net/