A new Raspberry Pi out...
Today the Raspberry Pi people released the Raspberry Pi 500+ an upgraded version of the Raspberry Pi 500 (which was in turn a modified version of the Raspberry Pi 5). This is all shades of the Commodore 64 / Atari 800 / Apple II / etc., namely a computer in a keyboard. With the 500+ the Raspberry Pi people have upgraded the 500 with - More memory (16 GB RAM on the 500+ vs 8GB on the 500) - Better keyboard (clicky keyboard with user replaceable keys) - Individually addressable / programmable multi-coloured LEDs under the keys - An M.2 memory spot (comes with a 256GB M.2 module) - Cost seems to be in the $250-$280 ballpark Except for the chip used to control the LEDs, the CPU / IO / etc. is effectively the same on the model 500 and model 5. Cute, I like the look, but I currently expect I will take a pass on this one. I do have a Raspberry Pi 500 which I seldom use and this doesn't offer enough "new" to be worth what they are charging... Also, at some point there will be a new Raspberry PI model <<whatever>>, if I pay for a premium keyboard I will want to be able to move it easily to a new machine (ie: unplug /replug for wired keyboards or reconfigure for Bluetooth keyboards). I don't want a premium keyboard that gets tossed when the computer.inside becomes totally obsolete. Anyone looking for more info. can go to the usual sources : https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus/?variant=500-plus... https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-500-plus.html https://www.pishop.ca/product/raspberry-pi-500-us-unit-only/
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Colin McGregor