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I have two RPi4B 4GB models. They work perfectly with the very cheap PSU/charger ($8) from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. $8 is less than a cost of a USB-C cable.
by vardump 7y ago
I have two RPi4B 4GB models. They work perfectly with the very cheap PSU/charger ($8) from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. $8 is less than a cost of a USB-C cable.
If you want to complain something about the product, I think unfinished software would deserve more attention. The current desktop performance doesn't reflect the capabilities of the system. I guess it'll significantly improve once OpenGL ES 3.2 (and hopefully Vulkan!) drivers will be complete.
Other minor issue I had was RPi4B not recognizing the HDMI display. I had to manually force it and this caused loss of HDMI audio. Using the official Raspberry Pi branded micro-HDMI cable.
I hope Raspbian will eventually have a 64-bit version. Out-of-order cores can benefit from more registers in 64-bit mode. More registers allows the compiler to reduce true and false dependencies, leading to faster code execution.
CPU wise it's nice, quad Cortex A72 is a huge boost compared to A53. Hardware accelerated omxplayer can play 4K HEVC content nicely. USB 3 ports have up to 4 Gbit/s bandwidth, and it's not shared with the now truly full speed gigabit ethernet.
I'm very happy with the product. RPi4B is a very capable system for its price. And it'll just get better over time.
- Luyt 7y agoThere is a 64-bit Kali Linux image for the Raspberry Pi. https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-arm-images/ https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-arm-images/