It’s a con that the keyboard and trackpad are usable? I looked at the review to see why and he says its servicable…so unsure what it means by it being a negative.
Probably just means that it’s really not that good. So it’s at best usable, rather than any amount pleasurable to use.
As long as i can pop the pi out and put in a better one when it comes out, this seems great. Otherwise its shite.
Wasn’t the deal with raspberry pis that they were tiny and cheap? I’m out of the loop as usual, but what is the appeal of a raspberry laptop?
I would consider $300 very cheap for a laptop in 2025, though I imagine the appeal is more the open and “hackable” nature of the platform.
The CM5 performance is good enough for a casual web browsing machine, and it uses very little power, so it’ll last forever with a decent battery.
Prices and capabilities have been increasing. The benefit having specifically the Raspberry Pi in a laptop (versus another ARM solution) is the massive ecosystem around the Raspberry Pi.
I really don’t like that they misused a pair of USB connectors for the GPIO. There are lots of other connectors that are much more suitable for that.
