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Raspberry Pi 500+ boasts a high-quality mechanical keyboard with removable keycaps and individually addressable RGB LEDs, an internal M.2 socket pre-fitted with a 256GB Raspberry Pi SSD, and 16GB of RAM.

  • josefo@programming.devEnglish
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    5 days ago

    This is a cool piece of tech but I can’t really think of real world use cases besides looking cool and having that weird but cool computer-in-keyboard retro vibe. I had the same idea with the 400.

    Maybe the best use would be some sort of super portable thin client, but looks very capable to be just that. Having a battery would have made sense too, for portability. Any out of the box way of connecting it to a smartphone screen would be great too, even if it’s just tty.

    Maybe I’m just being obtuse and just want a laptop, but the whole thing seems impractical to me.

    • FizzyOrange@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      I think when they’re just a bit faster (like twice as fast) they’ll be viable as a desktop computer for most people which is pretty cool.

    • Chris@feddit.ukOPEnglish
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      5 days ago

      If I had one I’d probably dedicate it to emulation.

      But I have a MiSTer for that, so…

      • josefo@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        I can do emulation with a regular keyboardless rpi connected to my tv. You want portable emulation? I do that with a gpi case, and runs on batteries! This weird desktop approach is what doesn’t make any sense to me.

        I could stream a beefier PC to it with sunshine/moonlight maybe and use it as some kind of really light desktop, but still, why would I do that and not just have the beefier PC in said desk.