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Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by boltefnovor » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:12 AM UTC

yreg wrote: post #70

boltefnovor wrote: post #66

I like the general idea but frankly this is underwhelming. Where’s the sense of fun? Given the origin of the raspberry pi being the old BBC and other home computers it would have been fun to have a solid computer with a full size keyboard reminiscent of the old 8 bit machines like the Acorn or the BBC micro. The is just a keyboard. And really a missed opportunity to be something unique and fun and exciting. This is k…

Isn't the goal to provide an affordable computer to those who currently can not afford one? Instead of selling a cool collectible…

Is affordability the goal?

I thought inspiration was.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by numpad0 » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:13 AM UTC

qz2 wrote: post #59

Can we please have a Pi without a crappy storage interface. It's either a microSD card or something dangling off USB. An M2 SATA or NVMe would make this credible but 99% of the problems I've had with the Pi platform is storage related, either being knackered microSD cards, terrible performance or USB power problems.

There are countless Android phones with eMMC without much problems

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by Udo » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:13 AM UTC

tunnuz wrote: post #29

I anyone using the Pi to run very old computer games? Because this could be the perfect gaming console for the nostalgic.

After combining two broken Amiga 500s into one single working one, I had an Amiga case and an Amiga keyboard left over. The nice thing about the Amiga keyboard is that it is pretty much a serial device, so it wasn't hard to set up an Arduino Pro Micro to act as a keyboard-to-usb adapter.

Then I put in a Raspberry Pi with a Retropie SD card, two gamepads, a mouse, and that's all.

I didn't put a lot of effort into making it look nice, so it's basically just a bunch of cables coming out the back of the Amiga, but at first glance it's still an ordinary Amiga.

Works pretty well overall for Amiga, C64, Spectrum, Atari, and DOS games. Of course boot time is not great, and add to that the time spent navigating Retropie's menu system, it's all a bit of a hassle. It does work better than my actual Amiga for "productivity" applications because I can set it up with more memory and better networking options.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by tmhrtly » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:14 AM UTC

mekkkkkk wrote: post #54

mosselman wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, the pound has seen better times.

It's not a straight conversion, parent poster refers to GB/EU pricing of the product. A straight conversion would be ~54£. I did a double take as well, and had to look it up.

However US pricing is normally exclusive of tax whereas the U.K. price is inclusive of 20% VAT. 54*1.2 is around £65 so not that far off the £67 price.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by a254613e » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:15 AM UTC

fyfy18 wrote: post #45

For anyone wondering it is $70, meaning £67 or €69 (DE).

>€69 (DE)

Where did you find that price? On the official purchase page[1] the lowest price is 97 EUR (which is around $113)

[1] https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400/?resel...

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by glaive123 » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:15 AM UTC

for some reason I thought the title was Raspberry Pi $400 Desktop PC... but it's only $70

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by ajsnigrutin » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:17 AM UTC

numpad0 wrote: post #72

qz2 wrote: post #59

Can we please have a Pi without a crappy storage interface. It's either a microSD card or something dangling off USB. An M2 SATA or NVMe would make this credible but 99% of the problems I've had with the Pi platform is storage related, either being knackered microSD cards, terrible performance or USB power problems.

There are countless Android phones with eMMC without much problems

Android phones are useles... no ethernet, no gpio, shitty cooling, hard to get an OS installed, hard to debug, and compared to RPI4, too expensive.

RPi4 is great... small cheap, basically a full pc in a small box, with low power usage, low heat production, no noise, and yes... with a shitty storage solution.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by sloshnmosh » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:18 AM UTC

Awesome!

I didn’t know that Raspberry Pi had these.

I will definitely be ordering one.

I do already own a newer Raspberry 4 with 4Gb of RAM and the massive heat sink is a must! These things run WAY hotter than the Raspberry Pi 3’s.

There are heat-sinking cases made of aluminum made by third-party’s that dissipate the heat almost as well as the turbo fan setups.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by mysterydip » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:21 AM UTC

The Pi4 is a great piece of kit, and I love the idea behind this, but for me personally I really need to see all USB3 on it. I have some high speed peripherals that require it, and using a hub doesn't work.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by sytelus » Mon, Nov 02, 2020, 10:21 AM UTC

Gosh... if they had made this as box that connects to display and talks to any bluetooth keyboard then this would be gold. Requiring wired keyboard is such a let down and limiting. I would then connect it to my 4K smart TV and also use it as full blown computer! With dedicated app, it can turn any TV to smart TV, picture frame etc with unlimited customizations. It would be like Chromecast on steroids, open programmable OS and a keyboard!