[simonh]

So going through the actual comments here, what this really needs to make a compelling product is: A built in touch pad, an audio jack, a full size HDMI port (even thought the accessory set includes an HDMI cable), an M.2 or SATA connector and a backlit keyboard.

Anything else? Maybe an Intel processor, Windows, a built in battery and a hinged screen that folds down over the keyboard. Are we getting there yet?

[HeyHoJoe]

That’s sort of the point, there’s lots of demand for a cheap laptop, there’s very little actual demand for the raspberry pi, which is why everyone is trying to morph the rpi into a laptop.

[kingosticks]

You do realise how many they have sold, right?

[HeyHoJoe]

Yeah, I bought some of them. I use none of them. There’s more demand for laptops.

[kingosticks]

Yes. There is more demand for laptops than Raspberry Pis. However, there must be a fair amount of Raspberry Pi demand out there considering they flogged over 30 million boards and I don't think that was to try and make 30 million crappy laptops.

[HeyHoJoe]

They’re cheap toys that seem cool but end up having little practical use. My point isn’t that they’re useless, just that they have an awful lot of potential to be useless, and a lot of the time a laptop would be better.

[swiley]

Personally I'd far prefer a trackpoint to a touchpad. They're much easier to get right and take up less space.

[basedtho]

+1 for a trackpoint. i ctrl+f'd trackpoint on this page, because it was the first thought i had when i saw the RPi 400

[stjohnswarts]

Other than a few outliers, the trackpoint format is dead to 95% of the market.

[swiley]

I really don't care how many other people like it. Other than to a few outliers personal computing is dead to 95% of the market. That doesn't mean it's not a good idea.

[Frenchgeek]

https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-zero...

[thecureforzits]

“No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.”