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Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by zeristor »

shellac wrote: post #6
rbanffy wrote: post #2

> When we’re designing new Raspberry Pi products, we naturally look back to the computers of our childhoods: the tastefully beige BBC Micro, the Sinclair Spectrum with its rubber keyboard, the Commodore 64 “breadbin”, or the grandfather of them all, the Apple II. Now someone needs to make the keycaps with the right themes - black with function keys for the BBC, QL-looking for the Spectrum, shades of brown for the 64,…

> QL-looking for the Spectrum I was going to object, but probably right to just skip the horror of the true Spectrum keyboard.

Maybe they meant the ZX Spectrum II, known to some as “The Toaster” for some reason.

Rubber keyboard, I heard it referred to as dead-flesh.

It put me off computing for a few years, that and all the bloody modes for different keywords.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by close04 »

Might be good value for the keyboard alone but too bad they couldn't put anything better than the 7 year old A76 CPU in there. I understand the reasoning, the ecosystem consistency, I know that the price limits how cutting edge the internals can be, but it's still a pity, for my interest at least.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by geerlingguy »

chrismorgan wrote: post #10

> The ultimate all-in-one PC I object to this labelling: the term “all-in-one PC” has always been used to mean a computer integrated into a screen , to which you must add a keyboard and mouse (or more likely it will be bundled with a low-quality keyboard and mouse). But this is a computer integrated into a (good) keyboard , to which you must add a screen and mouse—and screens are more expensive than keyboards. Even a…

Yeah; the marketing language around new Pi products is always a bit flowery... besides this misnomer calling it 'AIO', the marketing also says "uncompromising performance" and "premium desktop computer", which I'd argue are quite a stretch, unless you're comparing it to SBCs and not... desktop computers!

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by geerlingguy »

Kim_Bruning wrote: post #13
OhMeadhbh wrote: post #3

Oh man! It has a REAL keyboard! TAKE MY MONEY!

Is it ... is it worth buying for the keyboard alone?

Definitely not.

Though it would be a decent standalone keyboard if they updated the 'Pi Keyboard' design (one of their oldest products) with this top case, and with a USB 3 hub integrated into it. Price would have to be in the sub-$100 range to be interesting, though.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by wewewedxfgdf »

What's the point of this? Where does it fit, who is it aimed at apart from Explaining Computers and good old Jeff Geerling (hiya Jeff!).

Maybe if it has been designed into a retro style case or something?

As it stands it's very hard to see who would want this.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by JonChesterfield »

I'm confused by the use case for this. The keyboard gets a cable running to a monitor. Might need a power cable as well but let's assume usbc covers both.

An alternative is a raspberry pi on the vesa mount, or attached to the monitor arm. The cable to a keyboard is now optional, wireless USB being much easier than wireless displayport.

Keyboard can now be flat too.

When is this a good idea?

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