Cool. Now can we please get this thing with Norwegian key layout ASAP?
Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC
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#542These would be great in a school environment for learning how to program.
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#543I recommend Ubuntu Mate for a Pi desktop, it is more refined than the standard rasbian install. There’s support for the 4 now as well.
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#544Earlier quoted context omitted.
Old Computers are usually rather big, heavy and a bit limited in their ability in terms of interfaces. Like they often have no sd-card-slot, bluetooth or wifi. And yes, they need more power. This RP400 is small, can be taken everywhere by kids, has all necessary interfaces to make something funny and can on worst even run from a manual energy-source (which of course is more relevant for a poorer country than a rich c…
> This RP400 is small, can be taken everywhere by kids Not usefully it can't. There's no display, so that "everywhere" is restricted to places that have an HDMI display just hanging out. Which is then a vanishingly small number of places. And since we're talking about kids - places with a front panel HDMI port, which is even rarer. Or you have to pair it with a portable monitor, in which case you spent as much as an…
> "everywhere" is restricted to places that have an HDMI display just hanging out. Which is then a vanishingly small number of places.
Wait what? Doesn't virtually every TV sold in the last 10 years have an HDMI port?
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#545I want one. Let's start there.
Form is a big deal. I expect these to be quite successful.
All things come full circle. Home computer that plugs into the TV.
Love it.
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#546Seems like it might be fun to pair with a smallish eink display.
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#547Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The district couldn't secure all of the necessary Chrome Books, and some students have been left attempting remote learning via their parent's phone, or simply left behind. A cheap mass market device has some truly amazing potential to fill in these gaps at the same time that it enables more advanced S(T)EM learning than you could get with a typical cheap Chrome Book. How many households in this situation have an e…
1) You can hook this up to a TV. 2) Webcam isn't strictly necessary: You'll be able to "see" your teacher, type in chat, virtually raise your hand, etc. 3) This enables more advanced STEM (The "T" portion, really) not because it's a desktop but because of the built-in 40-pin connector opening it up to the massive catalog of projects that exist for the Pi platform already. 4) Perfect is the enemy of the good: You're c…
That 40 pin connector is a big STEM deal.
First peripheral I would sell is an add on breadboard station with lots of good sensors, lights, input controls, motor drivers and such that is buffered to prevent damage and start producing education kits.
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#548Earlier quoted context omitted.
In developed nations, I think families in poverty usually have a TV. The brilliance here is that a kid in a poor family can get started with just a single piece of hardware that's available cheaply.
>In developed nations, I think families in poverty usually have a TV. That was a fair assertion 1997. Nowadays you will easily find a bunch of computers too. >The brilliance here is that a kid in a poor family can get started with just a single piece of hardware that's available cheaply. $100 isn't cheap when you're poor. A poor family that has any sense certainly won't buy brand-new hardware. When you have to save m…
Because it comes with community, is relevant, etc...
Sure, smarter people can literally dumpster dive and get going. I literally did that as a kid. N9 big deal.
Tons of people will buy this and get a lot out of it.
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#549Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd assert that TV's are commonplace. This, just like the BBC Micro, ZX80/1 and C64, can easily be used with a TV.
I looked at it and immediately went "ZX Spectrum reborn". :)
That's the Next, but yes. Your parallel holds.
I agree, only would say Apple 2 or C64, Atari...
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#550Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The district couldn't secure all of the necessary Chrome Books, and some students have been left attempting remote learning via their parent's phone, or simply left behind. A cheap mass market device has some truly amazing potential to fill in these gaps at the same time that it enables more advanced S(T)EM learning than you could get with a typical cheap Chrome Book. How many households in this situation have an e…
if anyone needs a free monitor let me know, I got some spares.
Do you live in/near a rural area? Schools around me (Alabama) are hurting badly for equipment to facilitate remote learning.