• basic_user@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Wasn’t the deal with raspberry pis that they were tiny and cheap? I’m out of the loop as usual, but what is the appeal of a raspberry laptop?

    • renegadesporkA
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      1 month ago

      I would consider $300 very cheap for a laptop in 2025, though I imagine the appeal is more the open and “hackable” nature of the platform.

      The CM5 performance is good enough for a casual web browsing machine, and it uses very little power, so it’ll last forever with a decent battery.

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      Prices and capabilities have been increasing. The benefit having specifically the Raspberry Pi in a laptop (versus another ARM solution) is the massive ecosystem around the Raspberry Pi.

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    1 month ago

    As long as i can pop the pi out and put in a better one when it comes out, this seems great. Otherwise its shite.