Raspberry Pi Has More Memory for the Same Price

by Joshua Gulick — Monday, October 15, 2012, 10:10 AM EDT

The tiny Raspberry Pi mini PC got a major performance boost today, thanks to a RAM upgrade. The super-inexpensive computer now has 512MB of RAM instead of 256MB – at the same $35 price. And with the initial shipping hiccups behind them, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and its distributors are proving to be pretty flexible: any Model B orders that haven’t been fulfilled are being automatically upgraded from the 256MB version to the new 512MB computer.

The Raspberry Pi Model B Linux-Based Mini Computer

The Raspberry Pi is a super-small computer. The Foundation gives priority to the system’s price over its performance, which means that it’s likely to remain affordable, but that upgrades are done slowly and with a lot of consideration. It also means that super-charged models are out of the question, at least for now. The computer comes without a case, though third-party cases are available.

So far, the Raspberry folks seem to be pretty on top of caring for their customers. Automatically upgrading orders is a nice move, and so is having a firmware upgrade available on the day those computers land on customer doorsteps.

Tags: Linux, Raspberry Pi, Model B

Joshua Gulick

Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.

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