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Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by macjohnmcc »

cactus2093 wrote: post #409
ineedasername wrote: post #265

This blows my mind. I know, it's much more incremental than it is revolutionary, but I think the form factor achieves a much greater degree of access for many people than a typical Pi whose bare hardware may be a lot more intimidating. Now, it's "just" a computer, which happens to expose a 40-pin connector for the standard Pi hardware fun. And unlike other options you might find, this has the massive built-in communi…

> 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…

Yeah Chromebook has more but cost 2-3 times as much and also the quote indicates that they couldn't get the chromebooks.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by core-questions »

hexadec wrote: post #713
core-questions wrote: post #583

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> I literally did that as a kid. Wicked, would love to hear the story.

No the parent, but I did this a bunch as we grew up poor. I got an oooooold IBM PS2 notebook with 6 Windows 3.1.2 floppies from the school IT discard pile. My friends and I also created the cheapest PC we could. It was a cardboard box with a small box fan and then all the Pentium 4 guts duct taped inside.

Very nice. I also had a box PC for a while, until my old man made me get rid of it as a fire hazard.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by otto2 »

fortran77 wrote: post #736
cstross wrote: post #721

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> I have never actually seen a left-placed mouse in the wild. Then you've never seen my desk! (About 10-15% of the population is left-handed) But really, the Pi 400 supports Bluetooth 5. So I expect many/most folks will go wireless for their rodents.

I'm right-handed, but I mouse with my left hand. It works well for me and I've been doing it for decades.

Me too. Due to some issues with right hand I retrained myself to use mouse with my left hand. Now I can use mouse by both hands, and in both button orientations.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by werber »

Angostura wrote: post #719
acomjean wrote: post #680

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My mom had an MGB in the late 60/early 70s. While she loved that car she didn’t love it’s reliability. Those Brompton folding bikes are pretty well made, though pricey even with the deflated pound.

I've still got a 1971 MGB. Apart from problems with the electrics - batteries go flat in winter, it's pretty easy to fix most things by hitting it with a hammer.

I've been considering buying one. How much cost do you think you spend per year on matinence?

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by rbanffy »

Kim_Bruning wrote: post #738
rbanffy wrote: post #138

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My memories prefer an Apple II theme. Either brown and beige or beige on off-white.

Fair enough in general, but the Raspberry Pi has an Acorn RISC Machine, of course. O:-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Acorn_RISC_Ma...

The ARM design was inspired by the 6502, which is shared by all of the most interesting 8-bit computers.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by moonbug »

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #685
moonbug wrote: post #648

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If you believe that, I've got a vintage Allegro to sell you.

My dad had one of those, it had so many faults they gave him a new one after a year. I wrote off the new one a few days later.

You got lucky.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by ruslan »

I have been wanting a PC like this for years, I even found a couple of them (x86 based) on AliExpress, but they were too large for my needs.

Suggested improvements for Pi 400: 1. Add a couple more keys to the layout: PGUP, PGDOWN, HOME, END - these are needed for seamless web browsing without a mouse. 2. A small touch pad would be great to have. 3. A MIPI camera interface and two more USB ports. 4. LiPO battery.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by interestica »

cstross wrote: post #721
interestica wrote: post #716

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The one weird thing to me is their mouse placement decision. Their promo photos and videos show it on the left side because of the most convenient usb port. I have never actually seen a left-placed mouse in the wild. Having it all look so clean and organized in the promo is a bit disingenuous. In reality, the mouse will be on the right, and the cable will have to cross over top of all cables except the ethernet and u…

> I have never actually seen a left-placed mouse in the wild. Then you've never seen my desk! (About 10-15% of the population is left-handed) But really, the Pi 400 supports Bluetooth 5. So I expect many/most folks will go wireless for their rodents.

The funny thing is that all of the lefties I know just adapted to the right-side mouse (likely just because that is how it was setup at school/office).

While yes, the BT mouse is going to be the better option, they're pushing the kit-included mouse.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by kiddico »

rplnt wrote: post #522
kiddico wrote: post #443

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If we're making a wishlist for v2 we may as well put "full sized hdmi ports" on there.

My wishlist would be no HDMI at all. Proprietary and licensed, while we have as capable (if not more) options available.

What are the preferred options? The only I can think of is DisplayPort, which has a license (and associated fee) now.

Everything else is too big (DVI) or old and big (VGA)

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