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[–] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 42 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Ok, I can buy a quad core thin client for $30. The prices for these are too high for what they are.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (14 children)

Does it have dual band wifi, wide software support, dual 4k output at 60hz, 4gb of ddr4, NVME support via addon?

Your cheap thin client likely isn't a modern computer. The PI 5 is, and costing another $30 isnt exactly a roaring failure.

[–] Jode@midwest.social 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

Is it possible to get these pi's for that price now though? Because I member 2 years ago looking at paying rediculous scalper pricing for a pi to run octoprint on, and by the grace of my brother having a spare one was able to avoid spending 150 bucks on scalper bullshit.

[–] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

I unloaded my pi 4 on eBay those past summer because the prices were so high and got the thin client for cheaper. No regrets.

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