Costs $90, physically looks just like 400 (no pointing device), has 8gb ram and includes a 32gb microsd card. CPU is similar to Raspberry Pi 5. There is a desktop kit for $120. So it’s a $20 increase over the Pi 400, but you get an extra 4gb of ram, and an SD card. There is also a 15.6" HDMI monitor available for $100 that draws power from the computer. It’s not clear to me if there is an NVMe SSD slot in the computer. It’s disappointing that there is still no pointing device.
They have also decreased the 400’s price from $70 to $60, and the 400 desktop kit (400+16gb sd card+power cube+mouse) from $100 to $80. I have a 400 and it is nice, but of course the 500 is a significant upgrade
Added: from this comment, “Jeff geerling just did a teardown (on his “level 2 jeff) channel and it seems there is provision on the board for a M.2 slot, but the slot and it’s support components are not populated. He actually soldered down a M.2 connector but then realised that it wasn’t just the slot that needed populating.” What a pain. There are other comments speculating on a future model with a slot.
Because of the lack of M2 slot and pointing device, I’d have to carefully weigh getting a Pi 5 and external keyboard instead of a 500.
Loved my little Pi 400. It’s cool to see they did it again with the 5.
The Raspi 5 has introduced fuckery like a non standard USB C. I own several Pi’s, all the way to a 1, but the last one is a4. Now I look to other options.
non standard USB C
would like to hear more
As an RPi 5 owner, I too am interested in this USB-C tomfoolery.
I have realised with my laptoo i never use it on the go, so the Pi 500 with screen might be interesting.
I have zero Pi exposure but i use Linux Mint Debian Edition on my desktop, so the Pi Debian OS would be familar I assume?
I had thought of getting a Framework next time but I don’t do much beyond browser work when i do use the laptop anyway so maybe this might be interesting?
