Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor are available now
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/raspberry-pi-500-and-raspberry-pi-monitor-are-available-now/
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/raspberry-pi-500-and-raspberry-pi-monitor-are-available-now/
35 Comments
EchoCranium@lemmy.zip · 30 pts · 1y
They neglected to include a M2 slot for a SSD. If they add it to a future release, I'll have to get one. Could finally have my own Shadowrun rigger deck!
qupada@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
The website also shows a large unpopulated section of PCB near the network jack with "PoE" silkscreened:
https://assets.raspberrypi.com/static/3f5c4569bdef13d9e0bcfce8d5e2d780/00863/disassembled.webp
PoE built in could make this a very interesting device indeed.
just_another_person@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
STILL!!!! This would be a game changer. I do not get the wood they have for SD. So dumb.
Mihies@programming.dev · 0 pts · 1y
Yep, that made sense when it was a "mere" microcontroller, but in computerland it's not the best option. Actually it's bad. There are add-ons that can be attached, but I doubt you can stuff them in there.
kryptonidas@lemmings.world · 22 pts · 1y
I think the setup looks super cute. Unfortunately I have no use for it.
just_another_person@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Super confused by some of their decisions lately.
Spending money and effort on the SD cards was a real win.
Delving deeper into the smaller form factor and less powerful versions...don't get it.
Now a portable monitor? Kinda confused.
Right now they are fighting against the ESP community, RockChip overtaking their dominance, and BPi being a better price point. I'd rather they just make more production runs with extra features or hats that aren't...a monitor you can get from better manufacturers cheaper.
ASUS has a fantastic portable gaming monitor with 144hz at a similar price point. I'd buy that over this.
Fluxxr@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
I just want it in black or dark grey; who is asking for bright white and red casing on these??
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Trapper keeper / saved by the bell / solo cup / that couch your friends parents had in the 90scolor schemes are coming back my dudeKolanaki@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 1y
Gimme that Lisa Frank shit.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y
Need neon colors for that proper Cyberpunk Dystopia look!
astrsk@fedia.io · 13 pts · 1y
I’m so annoyed that the 500 price increased so drastically yet doesn’t include PoE or NVMe support components despite having unpopulated pads on the board directly for “flexible future designs”. I’d prefer a $40 increase over the 400 to include these components instead of $20 more for blank spaces and no guarantee of making it work DIY style. Hopefully the 500B variant ends up with these corrections.
MrSoup@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 1y
Year of linux desktop?
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 27 pts · 1y
It was last year. You missed it.
thefartographer@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Whew, I got on just in time! What's gonna happen to everyone who didn't join?
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 1y
Windows 11
thefartographer@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Some punishments are simply too cruel
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
They miss out on the party.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Last year? You mean 1998, right? 😆
mesamunefire@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Im not 100% sure about the monitor especially since you have to get another power adapter for 15$, but the 500 looks neat.
darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 1y
I believe you can run the monitor at 60% brightness and reduced volume on it's speakers when powering it from the 500... the separate power supply just allows you to put both of those things to max.
mesamunefire@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Dont get me wrong, im happy it exists, but i feel like getting a 70-80$ monitor that is 20+ inches at is better than their offering. It will even come with a power cord.
jdeath@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
yeah the price is too much. something like $40 would be great
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 1y
The pi 500 looks amazing and I plan to order!
I was somewhat impressed with the specs of the raspberry pi 4. It was fast enough to run a desktop client for a bit. But it started suffering when I tried to code my regular programs on it. I turned it into a server and called it a day.
Where the raspberry Pi 5 is much beefier. And I was getting rid of my aging chromebook too.
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Do you reckon the 5 is powerful enough to run a media server with the possibility of transcoding on the fly?
OwlPaste@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Ohhh I wonder if this can work as a 4k 10bit uhd Plex/jellyfin client?
VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I just bought a used Ryzen 3 ThinkCentre as a media centre PC for 66€. Feel like the pi has a hard time competing both on price and performance in that field.
OwlPaste@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Can you post where that is from please? I seem to stumble on desktops that cost 10x as much!
VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Sure, it's from Germany, though. Shipping might be a problem, depending on your location.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/387458883458
If you look for used or refurbished ThinkCentres, Optiplexes, and whatever-hp-calls-theirs, there's usually some cheap ones, at least around here.
SuperIce@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I have a Pi400 that I used as a 4K UHD Kodi client. It worked great. The only thing it lacked was Doing Vision and HDR10+ support. Normal HDR10 was fine.
Now I just use the Jellyfin app for my TV (LG), which also support DV.
Flatfire@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Client, potentially. Sadly definitely not a server since the removed hardware encoding
OwlPaste@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Yes I was looking as a client to replace the "smart" TV app that is increasingly becoming bloatware with something I can control. Just kinda need a "self hosted" client that can support 70mbps 10bit hdr streams or there about.
renrenPDX@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Too late, bought a mini pc instead and loaded Linux.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
So think the screen got potential for steam deck use?
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
No promises, but the monitor was built for low-powered devices. So it should work in theory.
I bought another portable monitor for $70 and that also worked. But so did a cheap $20 used LCD monitor.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I have a similar one from Amazon, one of the Chinese brands that are named by rolling your face on the keyboard.
I can connect it via usb-c to my laptop, deck or Switch. The laptop doesn’t need extra power. The others can be powered through the display.
Better resolution, HDR and decent speakers.