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RPi 400 - My Holiday Special 20 Shopping Cart

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I decided that for my Holiday Special 20 shopping cart that I would get myself an RPi 400 kit since it was in stock at Newark and cost an even $100 image.   A great belated Christmas present!

Raspberry Pi - Pi400 - All in One Raspberry Pi, Keyboard and Mouse Computer

 

The package arrived Wednesday - thanks Tariq and Element14!

 

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The kit includes the RPi 400, a power adapter, RPi mouse, SD card and micro HDMI to HDMI cable.

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Here's the setup as I'm installing the OS updates.

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One thing that I noticed right away is that the micro HDMI connector is not very secure (i.e. the cable pulls out easily).  It probably doesn't help that the cable provided is pretty beefy (inflexible).  Funny that I don't have that problem on my other RPi 4's (it's possible they are using a different connector since this is a new PCB layout).  I'll have to try a different cable, hopefully it is not the board connector.  The secondary port connector is somewhat better than the primary.  I'm not sure if the ports are configurable (swappable).

 

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The feature that I like the best is having a power button (the F10 key).

 

I've read that the somewhat higher clock speed (1.8GHz) and lower processor temp (due to a large heat spreader) contribute to a much improved browser experience and it does feel like I'm on a real computer now image.

 

Other than the HDMI connector issue, I'm pretty happy with it.  I'll probably switch to a wireless mouse.

 

 

I think my next project is to clean and reorganize my desktops.  When I took the picture I realized what a mess that I have...

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  • in reply to Fred27

    I think I went for the kit because it was $100.  Sometimes I struggle with shopping carts because it seems that Newark does not have as good an inventory as Farnell.  Especially when it comes to items from across the pond.  I guess there's no rule that you have to spend $100, but I think that's part of the game image.  I have ordered items from Farnell, but have experienced quite a few backorders for items that showed that they were in stock.  I think that's to get even with the colonies..

     

    The HDMI cable in the kit is far too stiff for a micro HDMI connector and I'm going to switch to a wireless mouse, so it probably would have made more sense to just get the base unit.