251–260 of 309 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not a real keyboard until it has at least 103 keys.
Pish. If you need more than 48 keys, you should go for the Symbolics Lisp Machine keyboards. IBM PC standard keyboards are pale imitations.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not a real keyboard until it has at least 103 keys.
Pish. If you need more than 48 keys, you should go for the Symbolics Lisp Machine keyboards. IBM PC standard keyboards are pale imitations.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Overpriced to the point that it becomes an artistic statement: “The buyer fell for it again”
I really like my new macbook keyboard but hate apple. There's something cool about buying from small designers that make something you can't get anywhere else, not because it's rare, but executed in a way that makes no business sense at scale. Find your niche.
If this is like the RPI4 with a single global model I'm wondering how it passes FCC regs, in that presumably the Wi-Fi is flexible enough to transmit on illegal US channels (i.e. Ch 12-14 on 2.4). Am I missing something?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that's a combination of things: 1) The company "sold out". That is, in times of limited supply they prioritized fulfilling large compute module orders instead of the hobbyist market that initially supported them. To be fair if I was running that company I'd have done the exact same thing, it's obviously the right financial choice. Just, you know, it'll sting for the market that was shunned. 2) They got expens…
One misconception that everyone keeps repeating is that the pi 5 expects and needs a 5v/5a power supply to work. The CPU and all the IO will work as expected with any USB pd charger that can do at least 15 watts. The only issue you will have is a power limit on USB peripherals that use a lot of power like hard drives. Keyboards, mice and webcams will work just fine with the 600 milliamp power limit. Previous raspberr…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've owned 7, no, 8 of them so far. One is running in my "server room" right now, as my Pi-Hole. I have never ever connected anything to the GPIO.
A lot of hardware startups/projects use Raspberry Pis. You program in a real Linux environment and still have access to I2C, SPI, and serial ports, which lets you talk to all kinds of chips out there.
I am not saying these things are not valid, but they are not unique selling points -- other Pi-style SBCs offer them too.
However, the Pi has other merits that other SBCs don't: price, range of OSes, long-term OS support, a vast range of special-purpose distros for everything from server to dedicated special-purpose client stuff.
So many comments are very negative here. I'm currently using a Pi 4 as my home desktop computer and I will probably replace it with a Pi 500+. I really want to avoid a pre-installed Windows, want my computer to be 100% silent, low energy, and I fancy the computer-is-in-keyboard feel. Sure, I might get a mini PC for a bit cheaper but I like to support Raspberry Pi. The products are easy to get into, have great and las…
That's a nice gadget. But now: raspeberry's company has tons of money and demonstrated its ability to deliver good quality, inexpensive computers. So WHY don't they make a linux mobile PHONE ? That would change a lot of things
