The Raspberry Pi 400 is a complete computer inside a keyboard...

In the early days of personal computing, there were quite a few computers that came simply in a keyboard case with connections: the Amiga 500, Commodore 64, Sinclair and others. Not many remember this, but Ubuntu also toyed with the idea of ​​an entire computer inside a keyboard, an idea that did not materialize. But last night (Monday) the Raspberry Pi organization, the body behind a series of system computers on a small and cheap card, announced just that: the Raspberry Pi 400 is a computer inside a keyboard, in a slightly more modern version than those that were common in the 80s.

His name, by the way, the Raspberry Pi 400 is no coincidence: it’s a tribute to the mythical Commodore Amiga 500. And what does it include?

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First, the board inside the keyboard is their latest model, the Raspberry Pi 4. It comes with a 64-bit quad-core ARM processor (Broadcom BCM2711 with 1.8 GHz Cortex A72 cores, for those interested), four gigabytes of memory, wireless network chips and Bluetooth (ac and 5.0 respectively), two ports for monitors with 4K support, and also the GPIO connector with 40 pin of the Raspberry Pi themselves for those who want to connect some toys to it anyway. This is a complete computer, inside a keyboard, costing from $ 70 (but there is a catch with the distributor in Israel, we will discuss it immediately).

In terms of input / output it has this: Micro-SD card reader (for the official Linux-based operating system, Raspberry Pi OS, two micro-HDMI monitor ports, USB-C socket for electricity, two USB 3.0 sockets, another USB 2.0 socket, network socket Ethernet (supports Gigabit) and another socket we did not recognize (Kensington lock?)

Raspberry Pi 400 in the full evaluation version, including mouse, transformer, monitor adapter cable and guide

Raspberry Pi 400 in the full evaluation version

The more expensive kit, which costs around $ 100, also includes a memory card with the operating system, a micro-HDMI to HDMI adapter, a power transformer, a mouse and a Raspberry Pi guide for beginners.

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The keyboard itself comes with an engraving of five possible languages: English in British and American flavors, Spanish, French, German and Italian and the organization promises more.

Raspberry Pie works with several distributors around the world. In the British store, for example, you can buy the full kit for about a hundred dollars, or the Raspberry Pi 400 computer keyboard alone for only $ 70. You can purchase from the Israeli distributor, Feitel only The full kit, for a slightly more peppery price of 585 shekels (by prior arrangement, and the waiting time is still long). It’s honestly, a little annoying and a little misses the point of a cheap and accessible computer for the masses.

This article was written late at night, but tomorrow morning we will definitely turn to Feitel and ask for clarification. Updates will follow.
And an immediate update: in some stores around the world, all inventory has been hijacked. no wonder.

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