I imagine anyone who has been doing Pi outreach at scale for the last decade has become a dab-hand at it as they don't have any choice, was even more of a set-up challenge before the Pi 400 arrived.Setting up twelve Pi 400 computers with twelve monitors along with the needed power supplies and power cords at an outreach event seems very different than twelve fully-charged laptops.I can see some benefit for those lugging a Pi around in outreach programmes, but would suspect most have a vehicle to use as a rucksack and would be better off with a Pi 400 and monitor.
A mobile Pi-based classroom would benefit from a Pi-laptop but I would consider that to be a niche use case.
If I were doing that I'd be securing a pre-wired Pi and PSU to the back of the monitor or using a display which can hold a Pi so it's plug-in and go. Using wireless or Bluetooth mouse and keyboard will save some effort but not a lot.
Presumably those which everyone who offers a Pi laptop solution has applied. Or maybe the current situation is that tweaks don't allow the same low power operation and extended run times that non-Pi laptops do, the only option is a bigger battery, more weight ?What tweaks would those be?As an old netbook user myself, I can see the appeal of a low-power Pi laptop for basic tasks away from home. While power management would take some tinkering to get right, creative folks in the Pi community have overcome tougher challenges before. With some tweaks to hardware and software, I imagine standby-like functionality could be achieved.
The HAT+ Specification talks about various stand-by power modes so there may be something coming in the pipeline.
Statistics: Posted by hippy — Fri Jun 28, 2024 11:12 am