[arm-allstar] Raspberry Pi cuts the cost of its older mini-computer by a third

[Greg Thornwall]

> Three months after the Raspberry Pi Foundation unveiled the second 
> incarnation 
> <http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/02/raspberry-pi-2-gets-6x-more-processing-power-2x-more-memory-in-same-credit-card-size-35-package/> 
> of its mini computer for hardware hobbyists, the U.K.-based 
> organization has announced 
> <https://www.raspberrypi.org/price-cut-raspberry-pi-model-b-now-only-25/> 
> it’s dropping the price of the previous version of the device by 
> almost a third.
>
> When the Raspberry Pi 2 hit the market in February, the company 
> managed to retain the $35 pricing of the preceding B+ model by making 
> “production optimizations” — even though the specifications were 
> significantly improved. However, the Foundation says that a byproduct 
> of these optimizations has meant that the “lesser” model is cheaper to 
> make too. Thus, its cost has now been scythed to $25.
>
> The Raspberry Pi was designed as an easy entry point for programmers, 
> as well as an affordable means of “hacking” new technologies in 
> emerging markets. It has come a long way since launch 
> <http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/24/bare-bones-25-raspberry-computer-should-be-available-in-january/> 
> in 2012 — while it only supported a handful of operating systems 
> initially, including Linux, the upgrade to the ARMv7 processor in the 
> Raspberry Pi 2 allows it to support Windows too 
> <http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/02/windows-10-will-support-the-new-raspberry-pi-2/>. 
> This broadens the appeal of the credit card-sized contraption 
> considerably, and transforms it into a very capable machine that can 
> do many of the same things a normal PC can.
>
> While the Raspberry Pi 2 does offer six times more processing power 
> and two times more memory than the previous “B+” model, the latter’s 
> price drop makes it a very appealing proposition for technical 
> tinkerers. There is still the $20 Model A+ 
> <https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/model-a/> available too, if 
> you’re content with even lower specifications.
>
> The new pricing will come into effect across the board over the next 
> few days, though for those in the U.S., MCM Electronics has already 
> updated its pricing 
> <http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/RASPBERRY-PI-83-16317-/83-16317>.
>


http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/14/raspberry-pi-cuts-the-cost-of-its-older-mini-computer-by-a-third/ 

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