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10.1-Inch RPI All-in-One PC Review with Raspberry Pi 4

44 points by tadbit 5y ago

nabla9 5y ago
I considered the same, but it's not cost effective. You can buy a used laptop or PC with much better specs for the same money.
- gkfasdfasdf 5y ago
  Agree, looks like the screen costs around $160? With the rpi 4, storage, power, could easily exceed $250...whereas a Samsung Chromebook 4 which can run x86 Linux, has keyboard/trackpad/webcam/battery, can be had for $80 from Walmart.
  - CodeWriter23 5y ago
    Raspberry Pi 4s are fetching $100 and up presently. Just for the board, not a fancy integrated for instant boot up solution.
- afavour 5y ago
  Different use case, surely? This isn’t a laptop, it has no keyboard. And a used PC is going to take up a lot more space. I see this as a competitor to, say, using an iPad or Android tablet as a kiosk-style device.
  - mbreese 5y ago
    I agree -- it looks like there are mounting points on the back. While the review treated it as a pretty thick tablet or external screen, I think the main use case would be a wall mounted display, in something like kiosk mode. Maybe like a room availability monitor? But definitely something where the form is equally important as the function and a laptop wouldn't work. But, I also think the ability to use this as a portable external/secondary monitor is quite interesting. That does make it more useful.
adolph 5y ago
This is literally a display with RPi box on the back. It even has an external cable to tie the display touchscreen into the USB port. https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/11/19/10-1-inch-raspberry-pi-all-in-one-touchscreen-display-review-installation/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/11/19/10-1-inch-raspberry-...
mark_l_watson 5y ago
That looks cool, but as a practical matter compare it with a Lenovo Chromebook Duet I bought for $250 last year: nice display, Linux containers work really well if nothing else is running in the device, includes a nice keyboard/case with trackpad, and a stylus pen. This is the cost of just an Apple magic keyboard cover for the new iPad Pros. I love iPads, but the Lenovo device is capable enough so that someone on a budget could just use it for everything.
- throw8932894 5y ago
  Well, compare it with $200 android tablet. With Termux most of Linux command line stuff works; python, dbs...
  - hungryforcodes 5y ago
    I've tried that but without an integrated keyboard it's kind of lame to be honest. The Chromebooks really are the deal.
  - iszomer 5y ago
    iirc, Termux on the Google Play store has been softly deprecated for a while. https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/wiki/Termux-and-Android-10 https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/wiki/Termux-and-An...
    - throwawayjs9021 5y ago
      Latest versions are available on Fdroid
      - iszomer 5y ago
        Yes, while the deprecated version is still on the Google Play store. If you were using a chromebook, you would be getting the same deprecated version. There is a way to sideload the F-droid version without going developer mode or compromising ChromeOS' security but it depends on crostini support. If your chromebook supports crostini though, installing F-Droid/Termux would be quite moot.
tskx2003 5y ago
I use the display for a employee terminal (display + RFID reader) and at home another as a stream-deck alternative (with stream-pi). Its pretty easy to setup, but i had multiple problems with WiFi and the touchscreen. Maybe i'm just too dump to calibrate the thing, but my impression of the whole is so-so, not really good, not bad either.

44 points by tadbit 5y ago

I considered the same, but it's not cost effective. You can buy a used laptop or PC with much better specs for the same money.

gkfasdfasdf 5y ago
Agree, looks like the screen costs around $160? With the rpi 4, storage, power, could easily exceed $250...whereas a Samsung Chromebook 4 which can run x86 Linux, has keyboard/trackpad/webcam/battery, can be had for $80 from Walmart.
- CodeWriter23 5y ago
  Raspberry Pi 4s are fetching $100 and up presently. Just for the board, not a fancy integrated for instant boot up solution.
afavour 5y ago
Different use case, surely? This isn’t a laptop, it has no keyboard. And a used PC is going to take up a lot more space. I see this as a competitor to, say, using an iPad or Android tablet as a kiosk-style device.
- mbreese 5y ago
  I agree -- it looks like there are mounting points on the back. While the review treated it as a pretty thick tablet or external screen, I think the main use case would be a wall mounted display, in something like kiosk mode. Maybe like a room availability monitor? But definitely something where the form is equally important as the function and a laptop wouldn't work. But, I also think the ability to use this as a portable external/secondary monitor is quite interesting. That does make it more useful.

adolph 5y ago

This is literally a display with RPi box on the back. It even has an external cable to tie the display touchscreen into the USB port. https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/11/19/10-1-inch-raspberry-pi-all-in-one-touchscreen-display-review-installation/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/11/19/10-1-inch-raspberry-...

mark_l_watson 5y ago

That looks cool, but as a practical matter compare it with a Lenovo Chromebook Duet I bought for $250 last year: nice display, Linux containers work really well if nothing else is running in the device, includes a nice keyboard/case with trackpad, and a stylus pen. This is the cost of just an Apple magic keyboard cover for the new iPad Pros. I love iPads, but the Lenovo device is capable enough so that someone on a budget could just use it for everything.

throw8932894 5y ago
Well, compare it with $200 android tablet. With Termux most of Linux command line stuff works; python, dbs...
- hungryforcodes 5y ago
  I've tried that but without an integrated keyboard it's kind of lame to be honest. The Chromebooks really are the deal.
- iszomer 5y ago
  iirc, Termux on the Google Play store has been softly deprecated for a while. https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/wiki/Termux-and-Android-10 https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/wiki/Termux-and-An...
  - throwawayjs9021 5y ago
    Latest versions are available on Fdroid
    - iszomer 5y ago
      Yes, while the deprecated version is still on the Google Play store. If you were using a chromebook, you would be getting the same deprecated version. There is a way to sideload the F-droid version without going developer mode or compromising ChromeOS' security but it depends on crostini support. If your chromebook supports crostini though, installing F-Droid/Termux would be quite moot.

tskx2003 5y ago

I use the display for a employee terminal (display + RFID reader) and at home another as a stream-deck alternative (with stream-pi). Its pretty easy to setup, but i had multiple problems with WiFi and the touchscreen. Maybe i'm just too dump to calibrate the thing, but my impression of the whole is so-so, not really good, not bad either.