Is the Pi 4 Worth it?

[Nettly_]

Assuming that people understand that the official list of online retailers is on https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/ (scroll down) and that people can buy one and receive it now rather than later.

For those who got it, is it any good? should I stick with my 3 B+? What are the biggest downsides? What are some good things?

I want to hear opinions because I am debating if buying it is worth it or not. (planning on getting the 4GB ram version for use as a medium sized workload station for web application hosting)

[Faisal A]

It has a more powerful CPU and more RAM but not all people need it. For web hosting however, bot are more useful and will make the loading times lower

[Mira Yurizaki]

Like anything else with hardware: is your current hardware not doing something you want/need that the newer one will? If the answer is yes, then it's worth it.

[goto10]

the new pi4 is more meant to be used as a desktop, that is why it has alot more ram

 

is faster, has faster ethernet, faster usb 3 ports, is better, but if you are happy with what your 3b+ offers, you dont necesarily need it

 

if you want one and can afford it, so you have two, well, i would buy it if i was you

[KarathKasun]

36 minutes ago, SafyreLyons-5LT said:

Assuming that people understand that the official list of online retailers is on https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/ (scroll down) and that people can buy one and receive it now rather than later.

For those who got it, is it any good? should I stick with my 3 B+? What are the biggest downsides? What are some good things?

I want to hear opinions because I am debating if buying it is worth it or not. (planning on getting the 4GB ram version for use as a medium sized workload station for web application hosting)

The Pi3 is anemic.  Not just because of the CPU/RAM, but because of the Ethernet and USB limitations.

 

The USB3 and GbE are 100% worth it in any kind of use case that hits the HDD/storage/network with any kind of intensity.

[Nettly_]

Since I felt I couldn't pick one answer:

26 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

Like anything else with hardware: is your current hardware not doing something you want/need that the newer one will? If the answer is yes, then it's worth it.

Well thought out and simple

26 minutes ago, goto10 said:

the new pi4 is more meant to be used as a desktop, that is why it has alot more ram

 

is faster, has faster ethernet, faster usb 3 ports, is better, but if you are happy with what your 3b+ offers, you dont necesarily need it

 

if you want one and can afford it, so you have two, well, i would buy it if i was you

Good points, yet not too long

3 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

The Pi3 is anemic.  Not just because of the CPU/RAM, but because of the Ethernet and USB limitations.

 

The USB3 and GbE are 100% worth it in any kind of use case that hits the HDD/storage/network with any kind of intensity.

Makes great points on hardware.

Thank you
@Mira Yurizaki
@goto10
and @KarathKasun

Your answers were all awesome!