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Raspberry Pi 4 IS NOW AVAILABLE!

After many years of waiting the Raspberry Pi Foundation has finally released the 4th generation of its super small computer the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B.

Compared to the older versions a lot has changed! The whole hardware on the tiny board has been modernized and beefed-up. Take a look at the list below for some highlights of the brand new Raspberry Pi 4 B.

Raspberry Pi 4 B features:

• 1.5 GHz quad core 64 Bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU (3x higher performance)
  
• 1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB of DDR4 RAM
  
• truely dedicated Gigabit Ethernet (full-throughput)
  
• improved dual band WiFi AC networking
  
• Bluetooth 5.0
  
• two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 jacks
  
• dual monitor support over mini HDMI (up to 2x 4K resolution)
  
• VideoCore VI powerful GPU
  
• 4k @ 60 FPS HEVC hardware decoding
  
• full compatibility to older Raspberry Pi products
  
• USB-C power jack
  

Pricing starts as always from $35 and up.

Raspberry Pi 4 product page: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/ras...4-model-b/


The true game changers are finally here (imho):
- Raspberry Pi boards have been suffering from low network speeds but this is history now with the dedicated real Gigabit Ethernet jack.
- I/O has also always been an issue but even that is fixed by finally introducing USB 3.0 jacks.
- Don't have enough RAM? No problem! With the two new 2 GB and 4 GB versions you can get more RAM if necessary. And we're talking about high speed DDR4 RAM.
- The GPU performance has always been rather poor. Not anymore! The new GPU is capable of dual monitor in 4k resolution and 4k @ 60 FPS video encoding. Once again turning this little PC into the perfect machine for media consumption.


What do you think?