Raspberry Pi SC0193 4 Model B 2GB LPDDR4 FIRST 28nm-Based Quad Core 1.5G Dual Micro HDMI Video Output Dual Band WIFI Bluetooth 2 xUSB 3.0/2.0 POE Ethernet (POE Hat Need Purchase Separately)

As the title says, a nice toy to try out various Linux distros. This is also great for developers or programmers. The Pi does not have the power to replace a desktop unless email and web browsing is all you do. I was disappointed that most of my external hard drives were not recognized by the Pi.

In summary, nice toy, but not more than that. So as a toy, I'd give this 5 stars, as a computer I'd give it 3 - but here I give it 4 stars. As the title says, a nice toy to try out various Linux distros. This is also great for developers or programmers. The Pi does not have the power to replace a desktop unless email and web browsing is all you do. I was disappointed that most of my external hard drives were not recognized by the Pi.

In summary, nice toy, but not more than that. So as a toy, I'd give this 5 stars, as a computer I'd give it 3 - but here I give it 4 stars.

Great new Pi! Got the temp warning during installation of Raspbian, but apart from that it's a great value for money. Great new Pi! Got the temp warning during installation of Raspbian, but apart from that it's a great value for money.

The raspberry pi 4 is a substantial upgrade over previous models, especially including the chipset and firmware. Unfortunately most of the more niche features, like 64 bit OSes, USB booting, and booting into anything other than Raspbian Buster just aren't here yet, and there's no ETA on when any of it is coming.
Outside of synthetic benchmarks, the performance isn't anything crazy either. Pushing it to it's graphical limits with Minecraft: Java edition is barely an improvement over the Raspberry Pi 3, and YouTube playback in the browser is terrible. Though these both could be improved with software updates.
Thermal performance is concerning...view more The raspberry pi 4 is a substantial upgrade over previous models, especially including the chipset and firmware. Unfortunately most of the more niche features, like 64 bit OSes, USB booting, and booting into anything other than Raspbian Buster just aren't here yet, and there's no ETA on when any of it is coming.
Outside of synthetic benchmarks, the performance isn't anything crazy either. Pushing it to it's graphical limits with Minecraft: Java edition is barely an improvement over the Raspberry Pi 3, and YouTube playback in the browser is terrible. Though these both could be improved with software updates.
Thermal performance is concerning, as the summer months come along I would expect more thermal throttling without a heat sink of sorts. With previous generations, it was optional. It's not anymore.
In my personal experience, powering the pi4 is difficult as well. Most standard usb power supplies tend to taper off at 2.4A, anything higher is often using a form of fast charging, which the pi doesn't support.