I thought 64GB was overkill when I got it in my Framework laptop in 2024, but now I'm so glad that I did.

When it was introduced the Pi cost $15

It was a 700MHz single core board with 512mb of ram...and it was $35, not $15

Also when Raspberry Pi started, it was a not-for-profit. In a way, they went through the same transformation as OpenAI (which started not-for-profit too) but slightly earlier.

Exactly this ^^^. Pretty soon people will only own clients/terminals, we will rent CPU/RAM/GPU/Storage remotely: cloud computing for everyone. The most terrifying part of this is no one seems to care.

I remember reading scifi stories from the 60's and prior where they imagine giant UNIVAC-style computers that people connect to with dumb terminals, renting cpu time. And even in the ones focused on how awesome that future would be it sounced miserable to me.

They're going to run into speed bumps soon enough. Capital problems are starting to appear in the AI market over the past month, that's going to get a LOT worse. And no matter what, production in 5 years won't look like it does today. Between competition, newer production tech, and political upheaval, it's going to be a hell of a ride.

Yes but a pi zero 2w is $15 and is roughly equivalent to an OG B+. The problem as I see it is that computing segments like pis are jumping into the next segment up in power and in cost and nobody’s doing a very good job of marketing that or marketing the new product in the lower tier that are meant to actually replace them.

And then there's nVidia, making DLSS5 that requires serious computing power while causing ram shortage.

Not everything is a conspiracy launched by shady billionaires in smoky back rooms. This is straightforward.

The AI companies are in competition so they're building AI DCs at a breakneck pace in hopes of being the one who crawls out the blast crater when the bubble pops. This building mania predictably sent shock waves through RAM and other tech supply chains.

As to home compute, most people happily ditched their PCs a decade ago and do everything on their phone. I'm not sure tablets are popular anymore. Keep in mind, most consumers can't pronounce Raspberry Pi and sure don't want or need one. Ask the "man on the street" what he thinks of the RAM shortage and you'll get a blank stare.