Pi400 for £42.00

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How popular is the Pi400 – looks a bit like A3000 etc.

Do any of the Acorn / RO dealers sell it?

I can not recommend the Pi400, because the micro-sd reader is of very bad quality. I had to replace mine allready twice, because the SD card reader did nod hold the card anymore. I recommend rather a Pi4.

I really like mine, I have an early one and didn’t have any trouble with RISC OS and its LAN interface. I have not tried it on wifi nor had any trouble with the sd card, but that said I have probably never taken the card out.

The one problem I have is that I cracked the video port off the board a little and some days have to jiggle the cable to get a picture. I was not looking forward to the day when I have to fix that but I just noticed now that it has two HDMI ports, so swapping to the other might be the easier fix.

Mine is ‘at work’ and I probably use it 2-3 hours a day, an iMac most of rest of the time.

If you don’t need hats and stuff then the pi400 is neat small footprint solution. I probably have a dozen of the other sorts too so it didn’t really minimise the mess on my desk much.

I must be lucky. I also use mine for work, and on many days I swap the SD cards every few minutes as I flash and test different OS versions. It’s also physically moved (and all cables disconnected and new ones connected) between rooms, depending on who’s using it. Not had anything go wrong with it yet – I bought it the day they were released from the Pi Store, so it’s had plenty of use.

But, for RISC OS, the wifi issues would mean I’d only recommend a Pi 4. For almost anything else (non-HAT), the Pi 400 is more convenient.

On RISC OS, the second HDMI port doesn’t support sound, which may or may not be an issue (though maybe that also points to the Pi 4 being better as I think it has a headphone socket…)

On RISC OS, the second HDMI port doesn’t support sound, which may or may not be an issue

That’s quite funny I don’t know how many years I have been using it but apart from never noticing it had two HDMI ports, I had also never noticed its been mute all this time and never made even so much as a beep.

I have now plugged my monitor into the non broken port and as a bonus it can now beep.

.bq I have now plugged my monitor into the non broken port and as a bonus it can now beep.

Not broken, just that the sound is not directed to that port. Even on Raspberry Pi OS it is not automatic, you have to go to the sound controls and select the appropriate HDMI port.