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Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by bitwize »

tyingq wrote: post #203
geerlingguy wrote: post #13

I was lucky to get a pre-release version to test, and I decided to tear it down before I started trying it out. I posted this blog post with detailed pictures of the insides, and some more details and performance benchmarks: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/raspberry-pi-400-tear... There are also a couple videos linked in the post, if you're more visually-inclined. Fun fact: the Pi 400 (and Compute Module 4) bo…

How is the keyboard? It looks, uh, cheap, so I'm curious if typing on it is an ok experience.

It feels plasticky, but not flimsy. I think it uses scissor switches, so it feels better than a standard rubberdome, but it's obviously not going to replace your Model M or Cherry-switch keyboard.

Sauce: I have the keyboard without the computer in it, from when I bought a Pi 4 "starter kit" a year ago.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by rplnt »

kiddico wrote: post #749
rplnt wrote: post #522

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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)

Oh, I did not know that. I was under the impression the DP is open and free.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by thw0rted »

otto2 wrote: post #743
fortran77 wrote: post #736

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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.

Switching is easier than most people imagine, IMHO. I started to feel the beginnings of an RSI and went from right to left for half a year or so, no problems.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by thw0rted »

NoOneNew wrote: post #769
alsargent wrote: post #768

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Also, screens last a long time, but it's the computers themselves that need continual ugrading. Case in point: we have a Dell screen from 18 year ago. The Dell desktop long since became obsolete. So this makes a lot of sense economically, especially for cash-strapped organizations like schools that have to manage large fleets of machines. Stuff that isn't touched and lasts long (screens) don't get replaced. Stuff tha…

That's fair, but there's another problem. It's hard enough to find a regular educator that's qualified to teach kids about computers on a Windows or Apple. Linux is going to be easier?

The education sector has already bought into Chromebooks, which means that most in-class technology solutions are going to target the browser. The only thing anyone will need to learn to move between OSes is: how do I turn it on, where's the button to launch the browser, how do I turn it off. Everything else will already be familiar.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by thw0rted »

TimTheTinker wrote: post #607
chmod775 wrote: post #520

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>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…

> $100 isn't cheap when you're poor. I meant if they somehow got ahold of one (community program, kind person from across town, local school getting rid of them, etc.). The discussion was more about whether a child in a poor family who gets one can actually use it without any extra hardware, not how affordable $100 is to a family in poverty. Most parents in poverty don't have the brain space to think about buying one…

Right, the point is not that poor families can afford a $100 computer, rather that the poor family's school can buy more $100 computers to hand out than they can $200 Chromebooks or $400 iPads.

Re: Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC

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Post by MiauCat »

interestica wrote: post #716
codysan wrote: post #349

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It reminds me of what Apple does when it redefines a product category by "just" bringing together existing technology into a more convenient form factor and UX. That's a wonderful observation. The form factor is as clever as it is logical. Stuff like this makes me really optimistic for the future of Raspberry Pi (and widespread computing!).

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…

The mouse placement was kind of forced by the PCB routing design. I've outlined the reasons in my 23 Fun Raspberry Pi 400 facts article:

https://picockpit.com/raspberry-pi/23-fun-raspberry-pi-400-f...

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