I've now played with a Raspberry Pi 400 for a week and here are my conclusions

Post by culopatin » Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 1:29 PM UTC

bufferoverflow wrote: post #214

Flibble21 wrote: post #212

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You're missing one of the very important aspects of a RPI is that it's cheap and accessible. Many countries around the world, particularly the poorer ones, don't have Amazon or ready cheap access to SSDs. What they do have access to is phone micro SD cards in adaptors. An 8 or 16GB card is plenty for a computer lab and is affordable and accessible.

Which country doesn't have access to SSDs?

They are saying that having an SD port allows people to spend less by using 8-16gb storage cards that are much cheaper than a 128gb M2 SSD. In many countries the RPi is already a big expense on itself and import taxes and low demand often inflate its price even higher. Same happens to other electronics, combined with the reduce buying power, it all adds up really quick.

Post by TheRealPomax » Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 11:24 PM UTC

freeone3000 wrote: post #178

TheRealPomax wrote: post #177

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SD card reading on the chip is also cheap, and doesn't require removing if you add an m.2 connector. No need to get rid of SD.

It might require removing to save on the physical space - an m2 connector requires a large amount of physical space compared to the SD card (for the retention screw). It might not have room for both.

So... that's fine, then? Telling people "you get an SD card connector and an m.2, you can't use both at the same time" seems perfectly reasonable to me. Have them overlap, done. Now people who want to use a $5 SD card with the slow speeds that come with that can do so, and people who want high speed but with the higher cost of a reliable m.2 drive instead can do so, too. No one loses.

Re: I've now played with a Raspberry Pi 400 for a week and here are my conclusions

Re: I've now played with a Raspberry Pi 400 for a week and here are my conclusions