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Re: rpi 3b+ vs 3b? Critical supply issues - Anyone know if the OS and libraries are essentially the same?


 

Have not seen any. Same image across the board, same behavior, never mind what hardware it is running on, apart from performance when it comes to CPU-intense tasks on different types of CPU (like 0w vs 2b vs 3b vs 4). Only other issue might be task and thread scheduling, but that shouldn't be much of an issue between 3 and 3+.

Paul James wrote:

Hi All,
So if you hadn¡¯t yet noticed, almost all of 3b+ are unobtanium around the world (and just about all models).
3b+ was $35 @ Microcenter, now selling for upwards of $80 ¨C 120 on Amazon / some Ebay etc.
I need to buy a minimum of 50, and I can still get 3B out of china. I cant buy one locally, no one has a 3b for sale, and it looks like I need to order via Alibaba tonight before prices keep on increasing.
Looking at the specs, the only change between 3B and 3B+ is more advanced wifi capabilities, and a slightly slower ghz rate on the 3B.
Has anyone had OS / library issues between the 3B / 3B+?
As an example, Farnell in the UK yesterday was showing they would have more 3b+ arriving next week (as of yesterday). Today they changed their backorder date to March 2022!
Groan!
Paul

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