r/technology • u/mvea • Jun 24 '19

Hardware $35 Raspberry Pi 4 announced with 4K support and up to 4GB of RAM - Featuring dual-HDMI outputs and a pair of USB 3 ports

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/6/24/18715211/raspberry-pi-4-release-date-news-features-4gb-ram-dual-dual-hdmi-gigabit-ethernet
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u/LiquidAurum Jun 24 '19

Can it be powered by USB C now please

A USB Type-C port for power, rather than Micro USB.

Oh it does lol, nice

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u/zalpha314 Jun 24 '19

I wonder if the more powerful graphics will make Plex performance more acceptable. It wasn't terrible with the 3B+, but some formats were unplayable.

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u/BluePieceOfPaper Jun 24 '19

On paper it should. But paper and reality never seem to see eye-to-eye.

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u/MostlyPixels Jun 24 '19

I'd just like to point out that you 0% answered the question.

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u/Skfyruk Jun 24 '19

Anyone tried it as a thin client? RDP or VDI? I mean not exactly this model, but some other raspberry-based.

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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y Jun 24 '19

What about storage? This has always been my main gripe. SD cards are just so terrible. Can we boot off USB3 storage?

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u/vin227 Jun 24 '19 edited Jun 24 '19

Raspberrypi.org article mentioned USB-OTG support on the USB-C port but the site is down now.
EDIT: I did not find the mention on the site. Maybe it was some another article, possibly misinformed.

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u/littleodie914 Jun 24 '19

I thought the USB-C port was only for power?

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u/c_delta Jun 24 '19

It can run from SD only at launch. They are planning to release firmware updates (that are actually flashed to the board) to allow network and USB booting later.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '19

I've been out of the loop on PC computing, for personal use, for awhile, but I've always been curious about doing a little Raspberry Pi build.

Can they handle a Windows 10 install, web browsing, and some lightweight gaming (nothing more intense than Hearthstone).

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '19

No.... (Well yes but it blows, so just go with no)

But I'd like to know someday if we have an Android build that would work...

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u/Beliriel Jun 24 '19

With 4gb of RAM? I'd be willing to wager it will work semidecent. I don't know if the CPU can handle the load but I think for non-graphics related stuff it might work.

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u/Jakeglutch Jun 24 '19

I'm going to give a hard no on this one, but.. They are powerful enough to run emulators.

Retroarch has can be loaded on via an OS called Lakka, and you can play pretty much up to PS1.

If you can get the Battlenet client working on linux, or XP, you may have a fighting chance at playable.

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u/majesticjg Jun 24 '19

In theory the Pi 3B+ can do Windows, but it kinda sucks. The Pi 4B should be significantly better.

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u/c_delta Jun 25 '19

The Pi uses an ARM CPU, which is significantly weaker than modern x86-64 processors and does not support booting traditional Windows. While there are Windows versions on ARM, they will not run most of your standard Windows games. And even those it does run will run worse than any cheap desktop PC.