[ale] Another bites the dust

[neal at mnopltd.com]

Working with other volunteers overseas on the Jacktrip/Jamulus Raspberry 
PI low-latency Audio, it becomes apparent that they have to deal with 
totally different economics.

I can drive to MicroCenter and get a couple of PI 4B 2GB for $25-$35 
each.    In England, they can't.    They say there are no electronic 
parts retailers, and their costs are much higher.

They can buy ZeroPI from China for $13 each, and get them shipped for 
$8.    It would cost me waaaaay more to get them shipped here.   I think 
my cost to buy for of them was about $25 each.  Hard to justify the 
limits of ZeroPI when for a few bucks more I can get a PI 4 with HDMI, 
multiple USB, etc.

When you are trying to equip a community choir, their cost models are 
totally different.

Although I still get a bit chuffed when I go to MicroCenter and find the 
price has changed over night, and I still have to beg them to let me buy 
2 units for the same price each as one.



regards,

Neal


On 2021-02-24 08:35, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:
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