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The Banana Pi BPI-M7 single board computer is equipped with up to 32GB RAM and 128GB eMMC flash, and features an M.2 2280 socket for one NVMe SSD, three display interfaces (HDMI, USB-C, MIPI DSI), two camera connectors, dual 2.5GbE, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, a few USB ports, and a 40-pin GPIO header for expansion.

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago (32 children)

"More reasons to Avoid the Raspberry Pi"

I didn't know we even had reasons to avoid it

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

There aren't really any reasons to avoid it. There are certainly reasons to choose an alternative product, namely the complete unavailability of 4B and 5 boards. My biggest issue so far is that the alternatives offer features that I don't want, or have a price that's way too high for a SBC

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

namely the complete unavailability of 4B and 5 boards

Is unavailability still an issue? My local computer store always has a lot in stock of them in stock these days.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Considering the 5 isn't even being sold yet, I question the validity of your anecdote. The 3B and 4/4B are still hit or miss as far as stock goes. I just bought a 3B from Digikey and it's the first I've seen them in stock since before COVID though it's not as if I've been checking rpilocator daily for updates.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Considering the 5 isn't even being sold yet

Yes it is. My local store had stock three weeks ago: https://x.com/centralcomputer/status/1719814131652440132. I didn't buy one since I have enough computers, but I physically saw them at the store.

Every time I've been there this year, they've had the Pi 4B in stock.

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