Good day, all!
My family opened Christmas presents last night at 12 AM (most of us didn't want to wake up early to open presents).
I received a Rasberry Pi 500+ for Christmas - it was a gift from my daughter.
What spurred this? I mean, I was never really curious about Rasberry Pi devices, as I've always had very robust computer systems in my household. Only now am I hating all the systems sprawled about within my basement.
My son received a Rasberry Pi 5 from my daughter in November and I got to see it (I'd never held or seen them prior to that). He was able to configure it as a media server pretty much immediately after he got it.
Once I saw his, I went to Rasberry Pi to see the things they had. I was immediately curious about the 500+ and had planned to get it on my own, but as my family uses Elfster.com to gift each other, I added it to my wish list.
The keyboard is NICE! I love how it soft-clicks (it's a mechanical keyboard)...I've a Royal Kludge S98 and that thing is noisy AF compared to this. I also love the 500+'s RGB setup of preconfigured keyboard configs.
This Pi seems to be powerful enough to where I'm considering using it as my main docker host, but my current docker host is an Alienware M17X R3, which I do not think the 500+ can match across the performance spectrum, but it is a great second choice. The thing about the Alienware is that it is a laptop and has a functional battery, so if power hiccups or if I lose power, I can gracefully shut down that system. Plus, that system is quite antiquated for a gaming system, so hosting docker containers is a good use for it.
Where does this leave me with the 500+? It means that I can shut down one of my older and less capable systems, which will declutter my office/lab.
I can actually envision buying several of these to replace old systems.
Everything resides within the keyboard, which is why it is thick. The system has a heatsink to dissipate heat - there are no fans, so the system stays quiet.
As this system comes with a 256 GB SSD drive, I did not have to muck with micro SD cards, although I've the option if I feel the need. The SSD drive is preconfigured with the Rasberry Pi OS. The SSD drive can also be replaced with something bigger - SSD drive replacements would need to use the M.2 NVMe format.
The system is BT- and Wifi-capable. It has two mini-HDMI ports, and three USB-A ports (2 x v3 and 1 x v2). It also has an ethernet port and 16 GB of memory.
I'll be sure to share my Pi journey here.
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