{"id":43594,"date":"2020-05-28T07:21:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T11:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=43594"},"modified":"2020-05-28T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T11:21:12","slug":"new-raspberry-pi-4-model-b-with-8gb-of-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/new-raspberry-pi-4-model-b-with-8gb-of-ram\/","title":{"rendered":"New Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 8GB of RAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Raspberry-Pi-4B-8GB-e1590663865963.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43595\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Raspberry-Pi-4B-8GB-e1590663865963.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Raspberry-Pi-4B-8GB-e1590663865963.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Raspberry-Pi-4B-8GB-e1590663865963-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Raspberry-Pi-4B-8GB-e1590663865963-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Raspberry-Pi-4B-8GB-e1590663865963-624x376.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/new-raspberry-pi-4-faster-cpu-dual-monitors-gigabit-ethernet-and-up-to-4-gb-of-ram\/\">Raspberry Pi 4 Model B<\/a> was introduced last year, I immediately purchased two of the 4GB models for my daughters. A the time, 4GB was the maximum amount of RAM available.<\/p>\n<p>Both of my daughters have been using their Pi 4&#8217;s with a Raspian distribution to learn Python, Linux Command Line and, of course, to cruise the web. They each had a Rasbperry Pi 3B prior to this and found that&#8211;especially if loading videos or media-rich web pages&#8211;it would often crash the browser. The Pi 4&#8217;s, however, have been <em>much<\/em> more stable.<\/p>\n<p>The Raspberry Pi Foundation launched the 8GB version this morning. The price is $75 US for the board only.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/8gb-raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-at-75\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full announcement<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/products\/raspberry-pi-4-model-b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here to find a distributor<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B was introduced last year, I immediately purchased two of the 4GB models for my daughters. A the time, 4GB was the maximum amount of RAM available. Both of my daughters have been using their Pi 4&#8217;s with a Raspian distribution to learn Python, Linux Command Line and, of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[2627,7854,8543],"class_list":["post-43594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","tag-raspberry-pi","tag-raspberry-pi-4","tag-raspberry-pi-4-mobel-b-8gb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bl8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46357,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/the-new-raspberry-pi-400-all-in-one-keyboard-pc-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":43594,"position":0},"title":"The new Raspberry Pi 400 All-In-One Keyboard PC Released","author":"Thomas","date":"November 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"On Monday, I received the announcement about the new Raspberry Pi 400 via the Pi Hut. 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