Every time a new Raspberry Pi mini PC is launched the question is always asked whether the tiny computer is capable of replacing a more powerful and much larger ” desktop PC”. Now with the launch of ...

A Raspberry Pi can be many things, including a desktop computer. While you're probably not meant to purchase one with the intention of it replacing your main PC, that doesn't mean people don't try. A ...

One of the selling points of the Raspberry Pi 5 (released in October 2023) is that it was fast enough and had enough memory to be a credible general-purpose desktop PC, if not an especially fast one.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's a long-standing argument as to whether a Raspberry Pi is a suitable desktop computer replacement. Determining if a Raspberry Pi is a ...

I couldn't go more than a day or two without it.

One of the more exciting prospects upon receiving one of the earliest Raspberry Pi boards back in 2012 was that it was a fully-functional desktop computer in the palm of your hand. In those far-off ...

The RootBoard is a handheld computer kit with a 3.5 inch color display, a 70-key thumb keyboard complete with function keys, and a built-in speaker plus what looks like a decent s ...

In a previous article, I looked at Raspberry's latest computer, the Pi 500. What sets it apart from other computers I have used is that Raspberry took their latest ARM-based single-board computer (SBC ...

The Raspberry Pi 500 is a compact desktop computer that combines a 2.4 GHz Broadcom BC2712 quad-core ARM Cortex-A76 processor, 8GB of LPDDR4x-4267 memory, and support for WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, and ...

Not every service belongs on your home server ...

The new model is two or three times faster than its 4-year-old predecessor. And it includes the Raspberry Pi Foundation's first in-house chip. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...