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Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by pdpi »

TiredOfLife wrote: post #26
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…

> screens are more expensive than keyboards This keyboard https://www.norbauer.co/products/the-seneca?variant=48640876... is more expensive than Pro Display XDR with nanotexture and the 1k stand

Adam Savage posted a video a couple of weeks ago, where he discusses this keyboard with Ryan Norbauer. That thing is overengineered to the point I'd argue it actually becomes some sort of artistic statement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3FEv1qw4_w

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by tiniuclx »

This seems like an interesting product for tinkerers and hobbyists, or possibly for educational purposes (e.g. Linux computer for university students to learn on). I find it hard to see how this can replace a more typical small desktop computer though.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by daft_pink »

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…

I also don’t get the language and would prefer to supply my own Keychron with a regular raspberry pi.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by ceayo »

The 20 dollar minicomputer has now become the 200 dollar rgb keyboard. Still, I’ve tried and using a raspberry pi as a desktop computer but everything is so impractical. Maybe the pi 5 is better, but I do not believe it’ll ever replace normal desktop computers. Raspberry Pi’s started as a small board which you can even run Linux on, with low power consumption, so toucan run it day round for services like home assistant. In my opinion, it should stay that way.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by imtringued »

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 but screens are dirt cheap if you are willing to buy them used via classified ads.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by fsckboy »

pedro_caetano wrote: post #21
threatofrain wrote: post #19

Depending on what you want to experiment with, a Mac Mini might be far more cost-productive for most people wanting to play with software and servers.

A large part of the original Ethos of the Raspberry Pi foundation is to bring back some of the technology fascination and allure that children in 1980's Britain experienced with the BBC Micro and Acorn computers (which ultimately led to today's ARM). We can assume the 500 is meant more as a nostalgia 'one-computer-for-every-child' design more so than a powerful work house for developers.

yes, but without us, who will teach these children to piss and moan about everything!?

this device would make a very practical workstation for developing Raspbery Pi software for little embedded RPi projects.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by jsheard »

amluto wrote: post #7

Holy smokes, they actually fixed my personal pet peeve of this entire product line: it has an internal M.2 slot. The performance of pretty much any SD card for a desktop workload is poor to say the least, and letting a USB boot device dangle out kind of defeats the purpose of the form factor. But this new model has actual fast internal storage! P.S. HN mods, consider fixing the submission name. It’s 500+, not 500, an…

> Holy smokes, they actually fixed my personal pet peeve of this entire product line: it has an internal M.2 slot.

What's odd is that the original 500 already had an unpopulated M.2 slot, so they considered it a year ago but backed out for whatever reason.

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by birdalbrocum »

For 200€, you can get yourself an old Thinkpad, flash it with some coreboot variation, install a GNU/Linux distribution and in process you will learn more things and it is not an RGB keyboard; it is really an "all-in-one PC".

Re: Raspberry Pi 500+

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Post by XorNot »

ceayo wrote: post #35

The 20 dollar minicomputer has now become the 200 dollar rgb keyboard. Still, I’ve tried and using a raspberry pi as a desktop computer but everything is so impractical. Maybe the pi 5 is better, but I do not believe it’ll ever replace normal desktop computers. Raspberry Pi’s started as a small board which you can even run Linux on, with low power consumption, so toucan run it day round for services like home assista…

By the inflation calculator that's dead on the money though: https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1960?amount=1

> $1 in 1960 is worth $10.95 today

$20 * 10 = $200

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