“Mine arrived overnight delivery on Tuesday. I thought that I had a micro-HDMI cable but it will arrive tomorrow. That didn't stop me as I enabled SSH for headless setup and loaded all of my common shell files utilities and fave programs. I attached a miniature 5V fan from PiHut and it drops the temp 15C when running sysbench and multiple instances of yes xyz. Boots very quickly.
I almost forget that I run a Pi2 with Flightaware, a Pi3 with Flightradar24 and a PiZeroW as a cat-detector using an RCWL-0516 motion detector which emails me when my neighbour's cat sneaks in my window for a meal. They all run 24/7 and never fail. These little computers are the best thing that I have ever used since I built my first computer (binary counter) in 1965.”
“Drat! When I read it was Micro HDMI I assumed it was the same as the Pi Zero - so I didn't order a cable. But it's not, the Zero is Mini!
So now I can't play with my new toy until I get an HDMI-to-HDMI Micro cable :-( Not sure if there's room next to the USB-C to put an HDMI adaptor in there instead of getting a cable.
Must read more carefully next time... (Can only give it 3 stars as I haven't actually been able to use it yet)”
“I have a Pi3B+ and find it a great device. I have just unpacked the Pi4B with 2Gb ram - not powered it up yet but I have absolutely no reason to disbelieve all the reports I have read with respect to its advanced specs and performance. My personal likes: the new USBc universal power socket - no more faffing about getting it the right way round! Micro HDMI ports (two) make for much neater cabling - 4K performance YES! My monitor is 4K and so are two of my laptops. 4K of ram - YES again - these days memory capacity is essential - the more the merrier. It is almost impossible to believe such a physically small package can be a powerhouse and perform as a desktop when the appropriate peripherals are attached – I have a USB3 hub with several 1Tb HDDs & a 512Gb ssd available.”
“Picked one up in Cambridge this morning, and had to re-read the specs again because it looks a lot like a "Raspberry Pi" is supposed to look like, but it packs a massive amount of upgrades in almost identical clothes. Two HDMI ports, Jesus Christ. At first I thought there may be some variations, but it's proper dual-display HDMI power. 4k! I mean... USB C power is a great addition. I'm sure people will find reasons to complain about it, but I for one definitely welcome USB C and already upgraded a lot of things and cables to it. So that worked even without the power supply. Didn't work with the Apple USB C Macbook cable, not sure why. But worked with another one immediately. Bluetooth mouse setup is a bit shaky, not sure if there's going to be software updates needed or my mouse just acting up. Other than that, very impressive device and I can't wait to see what people do with it.”
