The Raspberry Pi 400 is a compact keyboard with a built-in computer

guest · Nov 2, 2020

The Raspberry Pi 400 is a compact keyboard with a built-in computer
Just add a screen and you’ve got yourself a PC
November 2, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/2/...board-computer-arm-release-date-news-features

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the Raspberry Pi 400, a compact keyboard with an ARM-based computer built in. Just plug it into a TV or monitor using one of its two micro HDMI ports, insert a microSD card, attach a power cord and mouse, and you’ve got yourself a basic computer for day-to-day tasks, coding, or media playback. It’s available starting today as a standalone machine for $70 or in a bundle including a mouse, power supply, microSD card, HDMI cable, and beginner’s guide for $100.

The hope is the Pi 400’s form factor, plus these optional bundled items, makes it more approachable and user-friendly.
It looks more like a piece of consumer electronics than the basis for a DIY project.
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The Raspberry Pi 400’s form factor immediately brings to mind early home computers like the BBC Micro or ZX Spectrum, and that’s no accident.

Aside from its keyboard and form factor, the Raspberry Pi 400 is a very similar computer to last year’s Raspberry Pi 4. It’s got a slightly faster quad-core 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A72 CPU, up from 1.5GHz in the Pi 4, 4GB of RAM, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 5.0, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
There are a pair of micro HDMI ports that can each output up to 4K / 60Hz, two USB 3.0 ports, and a single USB 2.0 port. Power is provided via a USB-C port, there’s a microSD card slot for storage, and there’s a GPIO header for attaching a variety of more niche devices.
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The Raspberry Pi 400 is available starting today. The $100 kit is available now in the UK, US, and France, with availability in Italy, Germany, and Spain following next week. Meanwhile, the $70 standalone version is available now in the UK, US, France, and Germany, and it’s coming to Italy and Spain next week. Releases in India, Australia, and New Zealand will follow by the end of the year.
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Raspberry Pi Blog: Raspberry Pi 400: the $70 desktop PC

Raspberry Pi has always been a PC company. Inspired by the home computers of the 1980s, our mission is to put affordable, high-performance, programmable computers into the hands of people all over the world. And inspired by these classic PCs, here is Raspberry Pi 400: a complete personal computer, built into a compact keyboard.
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guest · Nov 3, 2020

Raspberry Pi 400 review—the under-$100 desktop PC you didn’t know you needed
The Pi 400 isn't a powerful desktop PC—but it is a desktop PC, for $100 or less
November 2, 2020
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...der-100-desktop-pc-you-didnt-know-you-needed/

Late Friday afternoon, I got an exciting SMS notification—my review sample of the new Raspberry Pi 400 had arrived.
In brief, the Pi 400 is a slightly faster version of the 4GiB Pi 4 which ships preassembled in a small, wedge-shaped chassis with integrated keyboard. The new model directly targets desktop replacement use and can be purchased solo for $70 or as a full kit (as seen above) for $100.

The new form factor—which has apparently been in the works ever since the introduction of the official Raspberry Pi keyboard—addresses and enthusiastically supports the Pi 4's growing use case as a replacement or alternative for the traditional desktop PC.
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Conclusions
If the Raspberry Pi 400 cost as much as, for example, Gateway's Ryzen 3200U-powered laptop—or even a low-end Chromebook—I'd probably be panning it. Although the 1.8GHz quad-core BCM2711 CPU is powerful for a Raspberry Pi, it's distinctly on the anemic side for a general-purpose desktop computer.

With that said, it is functional—especially when using Raspberry Pi OS rather than Ubuntu—with hardware offload capability for video playback alleviating the worst of the problems a typical user might otherwise have with the underpowered system [...]
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