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I have three Rasperry Pi. One of them is the original model that they made first. That one I don’t use currently because it’s a bit slow. Well they are all slow, but the first one especially so.

The two other Raspberry Pi that I have are Model 3B+. On one of these I run Raspbian. On the other one I run FreeBSD.

I would like to buy a few more Rapsberry Pi, but they are not so easy to come by.

I would especially like to buy the following:

- Raspberry Pi 4

- Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4)

If anyone has one or more RPi 4 or RPi CM4 that they are not using, I would be interested to buy them so that I can put them to use. I have an address in Norway, and an address in Spain. So if anyone in any countries nearby (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, etc) have some RPi 4 or RPi CM4 that they are not using and willing to part with for a reasonable price, please let me know :)

What is the point of using an RPi for heavier compute, and not something like ODroid [1] [2] or a beefier Orange Pi [3]?

To me, the very point of RPi is to be cheap, slow, and hacking-friendly, with all these GPIO pins to control peripherals like a 3D printer, or a toy car / robot platform, etc. It was intended and initially promoted as an educational toy for schoolchildren, I remember it well. It fits fits to that purpose, and has nothing to do with higher-performance compute.

[1]: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-n2l-with-2gbyte-ram/

[2]: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-n2l-with-2gbyte-ram/

[3]: http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontro...

> What is the point of using an RPi for heavier compute, and not something like ODroid [1] [2] or a beefier Orange Pi [3]?

I have an Odroid XU-3 as well, and intend to buy some more Odroids also. But this thread is specifically about RPi and I still want more RPis because they have a much much bigger community than anything else :)

You might check https://rpilocator.com/

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