“As a relative newcomer to the Raspberry Pi family, having "messed around" with a pi3, I moved up to this one, the integrated Pi4. I have thoroughly enjoyed working through the projects in the enclosed book.
The convenience of having "everything" inside the keyboard housing, cannot be exaggerated.
Just having the usb-c power cord and the hdmi to my monitor keeps the desktop clutter to a minimum. The enclosed mouse was a bit of a let down, as my one was a bit "cantankerous", and has refused to work at all with the Pi4. (It works perfectly on my windows pc, so a kind of win) but as I have a Bluetooth mouse which I prefer anyway, I use that instead.
The white and red colour scheme is also pleasant. So I am happy with that
I have read a few comments regarding heat. That their Pi4 runs very hot, and for me, my one does not seem hot at all. Merely, warm to touch (underneath the keyboard housing), but nothing that I would call alarming.
Would I recommend to a "noobie", definitely.
Would I recommend to a "tinkerer"? Probably not. As many of the Io ports that are found on the unboxed version are missing from this one, as only the 40 pin interface is accessible.
I have a short ribbon cable plugged into mine, running to a "breadboard" to mess around doing circuits and stuff.
Pricing for me was a tad high, but I went for it, and so far, had no reason to feel robbed, in any way.”
“Amazing mini pc . I have installed the Raspberry pi OS but I also use the chromium OS too. Bought it to update my blog I have even wrote an article on it. https://minidiscomag.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-raspberry-pi-400.html?m=1 Thanks once again. I am going to do an article on the pi zero w. Using it as a media system during lockdown. Thanks again Stephen”
“The Pi 400 reminded me of my Sinclair Spectrum, only it is at least 1000 times more powerful and cheaper which cost me £129 back in 1982 (the equivalent of c.£400 today). Everything works and apart from the lack of specific audio output the machine can do just about anything a normal user requires. Excellent value.”
