B4J Question Which is better for B4J development? Raspberry Pi 3B+ or Raspberry Pi 4B?

[Diceman]

I am thinking of dipping my toe into a Raspberry Pi but I haven't purchased on yet. Any recommendations on what to look for when purchasing a Pi?

TIA

 

[Erel]

RPi 4 is more powerful - faster and has more memory. Both should work fine with B4J. If you plan on making UI apps then RPi 4 might be better.

 

[KMatle]

Prices are way too high for both. Graphics is quite limited on the Pi with B4J, too. Maybe you should use and i3/i5 mini/micro pc.

 

[Diceman]

Prices are way too high for both. Graphics is quite limited on the Pi with B4J, too. Maybe you should use and i3/i5 mini/micro pc.

Supposedly the prices for RPi have gone up over the past little while, because of supply problems. I've been using B4A/B4J for years off and on, and I'll take Erel's advice and wait for a half decent price for RPi 4. At least now I know what the difference is between the two models. I'm not in an immediate rush for it. Thanks guys.

 

[aeric]

You mean install B4J in the RPi OS or other Linux distros then run it using Wine?

 

[virpalacios]

Go for the RaspBerry Pi 4, I got one, you can do very interesting projects.

Best Regards

 

[Diceman]

Prices are way too high for both. Graphics is quite limited on the Pi with B4J, too. Maybe you should use and i3/i5 mini/micro pc.

I got a laugh today when I found out the RPi 4 with 4GB initially sold for $55. Now it's well over double that. I should have bought RPis instead of investing in First Horizon bank stock. ROFL

I broke down and bought a RPi 4 today just to play with. Should be fun.

 

[Diceman]

I'm looking for a micro SD memory card to get for the RPi 4 and stumbled upon What’s the Best Micro SD Card for Raspberry Pi? (benchmark). I put the link here in case it helps someone else. I'll end up getting a Class 10 from either SanDisk or Samsung. Probably 64GB if they're not too expensive. The write speeds on the SanDisk Extreme is impressive. I'll likely end up getting something slower (cheaper) for now.

 

[aminoacid]

I have a pretty complex B4J UI app running on a RPI Zero and it's been running flawlessly for several years. A bit slow to load, but once it loads I can't tell the difference between the Zero and it's big brothers. So I would say either one would be fine but it would depend on your application and it's requirements.

 

[MrKim]

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