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mouse_
$200 is $150 too much.
SomeoneOnTheWeb
What? Where can you find an entire computer with builtin SSD, RAM and keyboard for $50?
userbinator
A recycling center.

The amount of waste that happens constantly is mind-boggling.

intrepidlemon
I’ve been looking for something like this exact form factor but with a giant battery and usb-c displayport out and PD out to use with a pair of video display glasses like the XReal Pros. Could have real space and weight saving potential, better privacy on plane rides, and a nice large virtual display with better ergonomics to go along with it.
glimshe
I don't think this is a competitive product. You can get a more powerful PC on Amazon for less. It's neat, but more of a fun gadget than a good cost-benefit offering. The Raspberry Pi foundation isn't going in a good direction IMHO.
KaiserPro
Competitive for what?

If I want a home server, then sure its no the right product.

If I want to give a machine that a child can tinker with, and has lots of support /docs on how to do cool shit with it, then this is probably one way.

If thats too expensive, then the plain 500, for half the price.

rldjbpin
i come to now think of rpi as the "lego" of computing. just thinking in terms of sticker price misses the point.
noja
Title is incorrect. Should be 500+
happycube
As someone who grew up on Atari 8-bits, they missed a trick by not calling this the 800.
mock-possum
At a glance, the keyboard looks uncomfortably small compared to the author’s hands.

It’s a really neat idea, don’t get me wrong, I’m just not sure how much serious typing I’d really be able to do on it.

bittercynic
Beautiful, and currently 9 in stock at the Santa Clara Central Computers store. I'm running out the door!
WillAdams
The thing I'd really like to see is a matching display/case/battery system.

Unfortunately, the three displays which the rPi foundation don't have matching proportions.

Has anyone put together a parts list which would work for this?

Kind of thinking I'd want something like a Radio Shack Model 100....

GardenLetter27
Beelink should really partner with KeyChron to release something like this but more high-end and usable.
KaiserPro
I mean yeah, but that'll cost at least $500 and throttle like a fucker
corytheboyd
Already a very neat project, but it would be really interesting to:

1. Display a progress bar for the memory limit being reached

2. Feed that progress back to the model

I would be so curious to watch it up to the kill cycle, see what happens, and the display would add tension.

delfugal
Noisy does not mean good.

Old Cherry keywitches in Wyse Terminals and computers were the best keyboards ever. They had a great feel with barely there faint click. Totally nothing like the CLONK CLICK that people think made those early IBM keyboards popular. I always hated them. If you're copying a keyboard an old Wyse keyboard from say a WY50 terminal or Wyse386 PC clone and copy that.

qmr
Really hated watching the mechanical keyboard fetish spread through an open tech office I used to work at.

So obnoxious.

serf
apparently i'm of a dying breed, but I need a numpad.