[GTALUG] Raspberry Pi 4 with 8G of RAM

Evan Leibovitch evan at telly.org
Thu May 28 13:40:29 EDT 2020


Canadian (Ottawa) availability:
https://www.buyapi.ca/product/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-8gb/

Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch / @el56


On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 12:57, Andrew Heagle via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> 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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