[GTALUG] Raspberry Pi 4 with 8G of RAM

[Andrew Heagle]

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 at 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-raspberry-pi-4-with-8gb-of-ram/
> >
> This says that the Foundation has started working on 64-bit Raspbian.
> 64-bit Ubuntu and other distros are already available now.
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