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Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by krageon »

qz2 wrote: post #64
ejolto wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like you're not the target audience for a RPi. They are meant to be cheap computers for "the promotion of teaching basic computer science in schools and in developing countries"[0]. Adding NVMe support would increase the price. There are alternatives to RPi that do what you want, odroid-h2plus for example. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi

Schools don't want to be debugging microSD and USB issues.

Except these problems don't occur for most people, as evidenced by the fact that the current system works fine. Complaints like yours are relatively rare.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by gchadwick »

sytelus wrote: post #80

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 programmab…

I think an existing RPI 4 in one of the many available cases would do what you need there. It already has bluetooth built-in.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by saagarjha »

kristopolous wrote: post #12

What a clean and stylish execution. I have too many pis already but I think they just sold me another. That video ad is Steve Jobs-level excellence.

If I were doing it I'd use a cleaner background, some background music, add a British voiceover, and do more continuous shots. The cut away from the wire going into the port hurt me :(

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by qz2 »

krageon wrote: post #81
qz2 wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Schools don't want to be debugging microSD and USB issues.

Except these problems don't occur for most people, as evidenced by the fact that the current system works fine. Complaints like yours are relatively rare.

Rubbish. They do. My daughter's school has a pile of knackered Pi's that the teachers don't have the time and budget to fix.

Broken connectors, duff microSDs, bricks.

They don't use them now, preferring python on windows.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by catmanjan »

sytelus wrote: post #80

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 programmab…

Yep! A Chromecast running Linux basically

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by krageon »

boltefnovor wrote: post #71
yreg wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Inspiration for what? The point of rpi boards has always been affordable computing as far as I'm aware. Perhaps that inspired you in the past.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by namero999 »

a254613e wrote: post #75
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...

Depends whether the reseller is selling the kit or just the device. Welectron for instance lists both, and device-only is 69 EUR. https://www.welectron.com/Raspberry-Pi-400-Computer-DE

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by ornornor »

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.

FWIW I’ve used a rpi1 then 2 then 3 as my Kodi/openelec/libreelec box for years each and it’s been running very smoothly. Maybe not the most demanding in terms of storage writes but still, I’m very satisfied with it.
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