“this was a present for my granddaughter so this is necessarily a second hand review. I understand that she is impressed with the machine - which I made a complete botch of ordering - but thanks to Pi Hut customer services the situation was retrieved. However, my granddaughter is happily getting the hang of coding - and her Dad says so - praise indeed !
Peter”
“I've been using the Pi 400 for a while (4 weeks). I decided to try the new Ubuntu 20.04 on the Pi 400. Happy to report it works very well, it’s ideal for light computing tasks and programming with the GPIO header. This is now my go-to Pi for prototyping projects that I'll deploy to a dedicated Pi later. ThePiHut did a great job delivering the Pi 400 quickly and with regular updates. Very impressed!”
“I bought this as a package with the made-to-measure power supply, wireless mouse, NOOBS ready SD card and white HDMI cable so that it would be ready to go as soon as possible- which it was. I wanted a home for all my software only projects with enough processing power to make them usable. This fits the bill admirably. If I had to criticise, it would have been nice to have the touch screen interface made available on the back with the other interfaces.”
“As supplied would not boot from noobs or Raspberry Pi OS. I had to boot once from a Pi4, and then put this in the Pi 400. The Pi 400 would then boot, but no wifi only wired ethernet. After 3 weeks a firmware update fixed all the problems.”
“This thing is amazing. The form and functionality are almost perfect for daily personal use. If you are looking for a daily light computing device the Pi can pull its weight. Built into a keyboard gives you plenty of options for building your own custom computer/cyberdeck as well.
The keyboard has a plastic case that feels robust, the design is pretty cool. I like the styling of the heat vents on the base. The connectivity is good, even by full size desktop standards. 3 USB ports, a USB-C power port, the 40-pin GPIO and 2x Micro HDMI outputs. It also has wireless connectivity for bluetooth devices.
As always a versatile and well thought out device with a million uses!”
