I’ve read rumors in various places that another Pi 500 version at a separate price point with perhaps an SSD slot might be in the works. Also, obviously there would be another RAM tier to use, if there were ever to be a version targeting power users.

But does anybody know if anything concrete for these rumors ever showed up? Was there ever any confirmation whether such a different tier Pi 500 is even being thought about?

Sorry if there was news and I just missed it.

  • Ellie@slrpnk.netOP
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    21 days ago

    It seems like the SSD slot was cut for cost reasons. That means if there will ever a Pi 500 version with SSD support it would naturally cost more. I’m okay with paying that extra cost, I’m simply curious if there has been any news.

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      20 days ago

      They should have just included it in every model. The premium model will likely have 16gb and cost more because of that too. I’m ok with SSD and 8gb. Also it should have included a built in pointing device, meh.