New Raspberry Pi - The 400. Fastest Yet. Oh and it's in a keyboard.

[DevscoverOnYouTube]

Summary

Its the fastest Pi yet, with a 1.8ghz processor.

It comes in just the 4gb variant (the pi 4 comes in 2, 4 and

It's inside a keyboard

 

Quotes

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 Your complete personal computer, built into a compact keyboard

 

My thoughts

 Well I did not see this coming. Who says "Oh I love the pi but wouldn't it be great if it was INSIDE the keyboard". Having said that, it makes my desk a whole lot cleaner.

 

Sources

 The YT video I found it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLe8wWjx33Y

 

Official Page - https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400/?resellerType=home

[justpoet]

Neat.  I'd love to see a review of this by Anthony, diving into various things it (and other raspberry pi's) can do.

[mahyar]

its just a pi 4 in a keyboard and a bit higher clock

[WereCatf]

5 minutes ago, mahyar said:

its just a pi 4 in a keyboard and a bit higher clock

Well, there's also a big chunk of aluminium coupled to the CPU acting as a very big heatsink. That's a useful addition, even if nothing ground-breaking.

[mahyar]

7 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Well, there's also a big chunk of aluminium coupled to the CPU acting as a very big heatsink. That's a useful addition, even if nothing ground-breaking.

thats because formfactor change but internals are same

[WereCatf]

2 minutes ago, mahyar said:

thats because formfactor change but internals are same

Did you mean to reply to someone else? I didn't say anything about the RPi's specs.

[manikyath]

it's an interesting concept, i suppose the gpio header location would allow for "commodore style expansion cartridges", and the newer chip would finally mean we can go past 2GHz on a pi...

 

what's also interesting, is that the new compute module has that same newer chip, so for the people who dont feel much for the keyboard, the compute module has baisctly the same performance advantages.

[bluiska]

This is so cool. Do I need one? No. Do I want one? Yes!

 

[LAwLz]

I can see this being useful for educational stuff but other than that, I don't really get the point.

Just get a regular Pi and you will have far more flexibility.

[samcool55]

33 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

I can see this being useful for educational stuff but other than that, I don't really get the point.

Just get a regular Pi and you will have far more flexibility.

Well it's also an option as "my first computer" for kids.

While a normal Pi would also be a solid option for this, this one is faster and still nicely priced.

[jagdtigger]

 

[sof006]

I think its pretty cool, for about £100 you get everything you need. Comes with the keyboard/pi combo (computer), power brick, mini HDMI to HDMI cable, mouse, 16GB memory card, even a programming guide.

[The Benjamins]

9 minutes ago, sof006 said:

I think its pretty cool, for about £100 you get everything you need. Comes with the keyboard/pi combo (computer), power brick, mini HDMI to HDMI cable, mouse, 16GB memory card, even a programming guide.

Also the 16GB SD card has a OS already installed. this one requires no setup or knowledge to get started.

[jeanluckpiccard]

It's cool, I just don't understand the point really. You still need a monitor and they are so small you can just use a wireless keyboard/mouse and tape it to the back of your monitor out of sight.

[Bombastinator]

Somebody misses the c64 I think

[SpaceGhostC2C]

7 hours ago, DevscoverOnYouTube said:

It's inside a keyboard

 

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Your complete personal computer, built into a compact keyboard

 

 Well I did not see this coming. Who says "Oh I love the pi but wouldn't it be great if it was INSIDE the keyboard". Having said that, it makes my desk a whole lot cleaner.

 

 

Great, it took more than 30 years for the industry to go back to my first computer

Spoiler

 

[bcredeur97]

how much is it?

[SpaceGhostC2C]

 

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2 × micro HDMI ports (supports up to 4Kp60)

 

I'd have preferred 1x full size HDMI. I'm not sure I'd have a use for two monitors on a Pi, in many cases 0 monitors is enough. But when I need it, I do not want to deal with the Connector from Hell, nor with the Adapters of the Apocalypse needed for the most likely full HDMI cables I'd plug there...

Many people complain about micro-USB being fragile, but micro-HDMI is the only connector I had to be completely finicky from first use (mostly because no micro-HDMI cable, and the micro-HDMI connector just can't sustain the weight of the Adapters of the Apocalypse).

[X-System]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

how much is it?

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400/?resellerType=home

 

Click "Buy now" and you will see the prices in online shops.

[bcredeur97]

50 minutes ago, X-System said:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400/?resellerType=home

 

Click "Buy now" and you will see the prices in online shops.

im in US but I looked at pimornoni's price for the UK. comes out to about $122 USD. 

Seems kinda high? 

[Drama Lama]

2 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

Somebody misses the c64 I think

Not the c64 but I immediately thought of old computers that had their keyboard and processing stuff in one device 

[NZKshatriya]

Would need to figure out a decent mounting system for it for the use case I have.

 

Only have a 2GB pi4 at present.   Won't be useful in a stacked multi-pi scenario (could be done for laughs I guess)

[NZKshatriya]

It's 100 bucks at pishop.us

[NZKshatriya]

2 hours ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

 

 

I'd have preferred 1x full size HDMI. I'm not sure I'd have a use for two monitors on a Pi, in many cases 0 monitors is enough. But when I need it, I do not want to deal with the Connector from Hell, nor with the Adapters of the Apocalypse needed for the most likely full HDMI cables I'd plug there...

Many people complain about micro-USB being fragile, but micro-HDMI is the only connector I had to be completely finicky from first use (mostly because no micro-HDMI cable, and the micro-HDMI connector just can't sustain the weight of the Adapters of the Apocalypse).

could always 3d print a solution to remove strain on the connectors

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, NZKshatriya said:

could always 3d print a solution to remove strain on the connectors

Got to have a 3d printer though.  And be able to use it, at which point other possibilities for a pi become viable.  A $100 it’s gud’nuff computer is a low end consumer item, not a “well I’ll just warm up my 3d printer and fix that” item.

 

I agree with the assessment.  Those asinine ports are not for 90% of buyers

Edited November 2, 2020 by Bombastinator