title, because that is not enough to do anything useful

You have to remember that Raspberry Pi's are meant to have a specific purpose, not as a general use computer (not until the 4th gen I guess)
For that purpose, I'd say 1 GB of RAM is enough to do tasks like that.

there meant to be small
it is hard to fit a good amount of ram in a small space

although this is just my answer and there may be a different reason

1 GB isn't that small. I've used a micro controller with only 4 KB of RAM and 32 KB of memory. There's a lot you can do in 32 KB.

Almost every computer before 2005 had less than one gigabyte of RAM; the ones that did were extremely high end and few were meant for consumers. I think it's far more than adequate, especially for a $100 computer

Don't Raspberry Pi CM4's come in a 8GB RAM 32GB eMMC for 95$? (CM4 108032)
EDIT: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B's come in 8GB RAM 4GB eMMC for approx 35$

imfh wrote:

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1 GB isn't that small. I've used a micro controller with only 4 KB of RAM and 32 KB of memory. There's a lot you can do in 32 KB.

also true, i use a 2kb arduino uno and can handle live sensor detection and adjustment REAL TIME

imfh wrote:

1 GB isn't that small. I've used a micro controller with only 4 KB of RAM and 32 KB of memory. There's a lot you can do in 32 KB.

is the ram able to be expanded? (On raspberry pi's)

BreadcatGames wrote:

is the ram able to be expanded? (On raspberry pi's)

According to this post on the Raspberry Pi forums, the memory is basically hard-wired in… so you can't expand it. What are you planning to use the Pi for, anyways?

imfh wrote:

1 GB isn't that small. I've used a micro controller with only 4 KB of RAM and 32 KB of memory. There's a lot you can do in 32 KB.

It does depend on the use-case, though. Running a SQL database on a single gigabyte of memory isn't going to perform well, obviously.

ajskateboarder wrote:

imfh wrote:

1 GB isn't that small. I've used a micro controller with only 4 KB of RAM and 32 KB of memory. There's a lot you can do in 32 KB.

It does depend on the use-case, though. Running a SQL database on a single gigabyte of memory isn't going to perform well, obviously.

Very true. However, you could easily run a SQL database on a single gigabyte of memory. SQLite can run with less than a megabyte of memory, so I imagine it would work fine on a system which can provide it more than 100 megabytes. However, it depends on your use case as it would not work well as the only database for a production web server with many users.

imfh wrote:

ajskateboarder wrote:

imfh wrote:

1 GB isn't that small. I've used a micro controller with only 4 KB of RAM and 32 KB of memory. There's a lot you can do in 32 KB.

It does depend on the use-case, though. Running a SQL database on a single gigabyte of memory isn't going to perform well, obviously.

Very true. However, you could easily run a SQL database on a single gigabyte of memory. SQLite can run with less than a megabyte of memory, so I imagine it would work fine on a system which can provide it more than 100 megabytes. However, it depends on your use case as it would not work well as the only database for a production web server with many users.

Sorry, I meant databases which aren't file-based, like Cassandra, MySQL, or SurrealDB.
SQLite isn't a network database, so it can't be accessed remotely (that is what most people want to be able to do).

Imagine Redis performance on a Pi 3B

BreadcatGames wrote:

title, because that is not enough to do anything useful

You'd be surprised. My system uses just 91 MiB of RAM as I'm typing this, and it has plenty of room to grow.

As for why the Pis have 1 GiB of RAM, a brand-new computer sold for less than US$100 is going to have its limitations.

SuperSonicmario wrote:

BreadcatGames wrote:

title, because that is not enough to do anything useful

You'd be surprised. My system uses just 91 MiB of RAM as I'm typing this, and it has plenty of room to grow.

As for why the Pis have 1 GiB of RAM, a brand-new computer sold for less than US$100 is going to have its limitations.

What browser?

skymover1239 wrote:

SuperSonicmario wrote:

BreadcatGames wrote:

title, because that is not enough to do anything useful

You'd be surprised. My system uses just 91 MiB of RAM as I'm typing this, and it has plenty of room to grow.

As for why the Pis have 1 GiB of RAM, a brand-new computer sold for less than US$100 is going to have its limitations.

What browser?

Probably a terminal-based browser like Lynx. It's honestly quite functional

SuperSonicmario wrote:

BreadcatGames wrote:

title, because that is not enough to do anything useful

You'd be surprised. My system uses just 91 MiB of RAM as I'm typing this, and it has plenty of room to grow.

As for why the Pis have 1 GiB of RAM, a brand-new computer sold for less than US$100 is going to have its limitations.

Actually, the official price is $40 a piece for a Pi 3B [1]

To be honest 1GB is pretty good. I watch youtube videos on a PowerMac G5 with 2GB and a very old processor just fine. And Pis aren't supposed to be your main desktop computer.

The80sTimeTraveller wrote:

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To be honest 1GB is pretty good. I watch youtube videos on a PowerMac G5 with 2GB and a very old processor just fine. And Pis aren't supposed to be your main desktop computer.

How? I have a laptop laying around with a Core 2 Duo from 2006, it can barely watch youtube… although i did linux it, so…

Redstone1080 wrote:

The80sTimeTraveller wrote:

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To be honest 1GB is pretty good. I watch youtube videos on a PowerMac G5 with 2GB and a very old processor just fine. And Pis aren't supposed to be your main desktop computer.

How? I have a laptop laying around with a Core 2 Duo from 2006, it can barely watch youtube… although i did linux it, so…

With a special YouTube browser called TenFiveTube. Combine that with TenFourFox and you have a fully usable (although a little slow) web browsing experience.

The80sTimeTraveller wrote:

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Redstone1080 wrote:

The80sTimeTraveller wrote:

(#16)
To be honest 1GB is pretty good. I watch youtube videos on a PowerMac G5 with 2GB and a very old processor just fine. And Pis aren't supposed to be your main desktop computer.

How? I have a laptop laying around with a Core 2 Duo from 2006, it can barely watch youtube… although i did linux it, so…

With a special YouTube browser called TenFiveTube. Combine that with TenFourFox and you have a fully usable (although a little slow) web browsing experience.

What I did to it was I installed Fedora Linux on it. It came pre-installed with firefox so i just use that

i'm going to plug it in rn, tho, so ill try that

640K ought to be enough for anybody