As i love my Pi 400 (overclocked to 2,2 Ghz and with an USB3.1 SSD as Boot device) over the years it lacks on two things:
1. faster Soc and available at least in 8GB Ram like the Pi5
2. integrated NVME-M2 slot
It is likely, that point 1. will be satisfied with the upcoming Pi500. On point 2. we will see soon, what engineers of the RPi Foundation have done.
I hope it will be a direct M2 slot on the bottom of the Pi500 PCB, accesible through a door in the bottom of the case. Cooling should work passive through the massive cooling sheet of the Pi400 case design.
SD-Card usage is outdated these days, as long as you dont use the pi in a classroom with activated overlay-filesystem.
Chances are high, that the Pi500 will be at least compatible with the official Raspberry SSD´s in M2230 Form factor.
1. faster Soc and available at least in 8GB Ram like the Pi5
2. integrated NVME-M2 slot
It is likely, that point 1. will be satisfied with the upcoming Pi500. On point 2. we will see soon, what engineers of the RPi Foundation have done.
I hope it will be a direct M2 slot on the bottom of the Pi500 PCB, accesible through a door in the bottom of the case. Cooling should work passive through the massive cooling sheet of the Pi400 case design.
SD-Card usage is outdated these days, as long as you dont use the pi in a classroom with activated overlay-filesystem.
Chances are high, that the Pi500 will be at least compatible with the official Raspberry SSD´s in M2230 Form factor.
Statistics: Posted by unexpected_user — Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:46 am