Will it run Windows 10?

Just what some of us need, Will it run windows 10? :-)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...erry-pi-laptop

Rene

On Sun, 02 Aug 2020 16:11:49 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Just what some of us need, Will it run windows 10? :-)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...eam-education-
platformand-raspberry-pi-laptop

Rene

Haven't tried it, but I suspect a Pi4 would probably 'walk' it.

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Just what some of us need, Will it run windows 10?Â* :-)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...erry-pi-laptop

To my tastes, that is a somewhat misguided notion.

That is, the CrowPi project /itself/ isn't my bent, or the way I would
choose to use the clever resources of RPi.

I don't have a RPi 4, but I do have an RPi3B which only has 1G ram, but
it is quite operational. It is configured as a desktop device, using a
monitor, kb, and mouse which I already had before I acquired the RPi kit.

There are many many projects that one can do w/ the economical RPi
family. The crowpi one is partly about a hardware project in which kits
are used to 'convert' the little singleboard into a 'laptop' computer of
sorts, and then invites numerous other projects which aren't actually
related to the laptop conversion, but which also could be done on a
desktop system just as well. Much of the software is based on linux.

The 'advantage' of much of what is discussed at crowpi I would assume is
based on the 'portability' aspect. Some people are partial to laptops
while others prefer desktops. Bring your project to the desktop or
bring your laptop RPi to the project.

There is very much about the crowpi project which is based on software
for the popular linux systems which are most often used on RPi/s such as
Raspbian. IMO Win including Win10 does not bring anything to the
equation and in fact it would be MUCH much more restrictive in options.

Personally I wouldn't choose to run Win10 on a 4G RPi when there are
much better things that can be done w/ it.


--
Mike Easter

Rene Lamontagne schreef op 02-08-2020
in :
Just what some of us need, Will it run windows 10? :-)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...erry-pi-laptop

Yes.

Win10 Won't boot from SD dough.
Add a SSD and tweak the bootloader to use the SD to boot and run Win10
on de SSD.

--
MdW.

On 2020-08-02 5:48 p.m., Mike Easter wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Just what some of us need, Will it run windows 10?Â* :-)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...erry-pi-laptop

To my tastes, that is a somewhat misguided notion.

That is, the CrowPi project /itself/ isn't my bent, or the way I would
choose to use the clever resources of RPi.

I don't have a RPi 4, but I do have an RPi3B which only has 1G ram, but
it is quite operational.Â* It is configured as a desktop device, using a
monitor, kb, and mouse which I already had before I acquired the RPi kit.

There are many many projects that one can do w/ the economical RPi
family.Â* The crowpi one is partly about a hardware project in which kits
are used to 'convert' the little singleboard into a 'laptop' computer of
sorts, and then invites numerous other projects which aren't actually
related to the laptop conversion, but which also could be done on a
desktop system just as well.Â* Much of the software is based on linux.

The 'advantage' of much of what is discussed at crowpi I would assume is
based on the 'portability' aspect.Â* Some people are partial to laptops
while others prefer desktops.Â* Bring your project to the desktop or
bring your laptop RPi to the project.

There is very much about the crowpi project which is based on software
for the popular linux systems which are most often used on RPi/s such as
Raspbian.Â* IMO Win including Win10 does not bring anything to the
equation and in fact it would be MUCH much more restrictive in options.

Personally I wouldn't choose to run Win10 on a 4G RPi when there are
much better things that can be done w/ it.



Further down scrolling brings up Ubuntu which I guess is more suitable
for it, They really show a lot of different kits from budget price to
pretty steep for the super deluxe set.

Sure wish I would have had one when iI was younger, Seems like a lot
of learning fun.

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
Further down scrolling brings up Ubuntu which I guess is more suitable
for it, They really show a lot of different kits from budget price to
pretty steep for the super deluxe set.

The RPi's popularity is based on its ability to bring economical
'smarts' to a wide variety of little 'homemade' devices to do
interesting projects. In a sense, for most of those projects you don't
actually need much of an 'elaborate' or bulky OS desktop for the job;
just enough so that the user/developer is comfortable. Naturally some
are OK w/ the commandline; personally I prefer a GUI, unless there is
something I can do easier w/ a command.

So, the less of your resources that you spend on the OS/desktop the
better. On the RPi3B w/ Raspbian, the desktop is a lean version of LXDE
integrated with a window manager over a stable Debian. In that
situation, it can function like a 'regular' desktop computer and modern
browser on its low resources.

If I were buying an RPi today, it would be such as an RPi4 w/ 4G of ram,
simply because the extra resources don't really cost much more.

Â*Sure wish I would have had one when iI was younger, Seems like a lot
of learning fun.

Interestingly, the RPi comes w/ a free v. of Mathematica & the Wolfram
language and there are Wolfram language and Wolfram community projects
for it. https://www.wolfram.com/raspberry-pi/

That costs significantly more if approached from a conventional perspective.


--
Mike Easter

"Mike Easter" wrote

| The RPi's popularity is based on its ability to bring economical
| 'smarts' to a wide variety of little 'homemade' devices to do
| interesting projects.

For many people it is. I set one up to get movie
streaming and Internet to my TV. About $120 for
the whole setup plus wireless keyboard/mouse. I
can run youtbue videos, play mp4s off a USB stick,
stream Kanopy movies from the local library... well
worth it for that.

I got another one for my brother who had a stroke
and now just needs something simple to do web
browsing and run TBird for email. For me, that's
what it's good for. It's a $100 computer for basics,
when you don't need to use productivity software.

But I think you're right about the majority. People
buy them to do little jobs like running a household
light timer.

On 2020-08-02 8:51 p.m., Mayayana wrote:
"Mike Easter" wrote

| The RPi's popularity is based on its ability to bring economical
| 'smarts' to a wide variety of little 'homemade' devices to do
| interesting projects.

For many people it is. I set one up to get movie
streaming and Internet to my TV. About $120 for
the whole setup plus wireless keyboard/mouse. I
can run youtbue videos, play mp4s off a USB stick,
stream Kanopy movies from the local library... well
worth it for that.

I got another one for my brother who had a stroke
and now just needs something simple to do web
browsing and run TBird for email. For me, that's
what it's good for. It's a $100 computer for basics,
when you don't need to use productivity software.

But I think you're right about the majority. People
buy them to do little jobs like running a household
light timer.



Wow,I ran a search on Amazon .ca for RaspberryPI and it returned 596
items for it, there are pages of kits, boards cases, displays and all
other related goodies.
I didn't realize it had grown into such a big market.

Rene

"Rene Lamontagne" wrote

| Wow,I ran a search on Amazon .ca for RaspberryPI and it returned 596
| items for it, there are pages of kits, boards cases, displays and all
| other related goodies.
| I didn't realize it had grown into such a big market.
|

It does seem to be a massive hobbyist market. I haven't
looked into all the options. I just buy the kits, which come
with everything you need except monitor and keyboard/
mouse. The Pi4 comes with ethernet plug, some USB, and
an HDMI cable. It's all I need to run the Internet to the
TV.

Mayayana wrote:
"Rene Lamontagne" wrote

| Wow,I ran a search on Amazon .ca for RaspberryPI and it returned 596
| items for it, there are pages of kits, boards cases, displays and all
| other related goodies.
| I didn't realize it had grown into such a big market.
|

It does seem to be a massive hobbyist market. I haven't
looked into all the options. I just buy the kits, which come
with everything you need except monitor and keyboard/
mouse. The Pi4 comes with ethernet plug, some USB, and
an HDMI cable. It's all I need to run the Internet to the
TV.

The Pi4 comes with USB3, and that and some firmware changes
have allowed booting the thing (finally) from an SSD. There
is a version of Pi4 now, with 8GB of RAM. Which solves a complaint
someone had about using it for doing builds and the builds
being slow (lack of RAM).

But each version uses a bit more electrical power.
I don't know what size adapter they would use with
all the stuff in the previous paragraph present.

Paul

On 2 Aug 2020 22:24:18 GMT, ray carter wrote:

On Sun, 02 Aug 2020 16:11:49 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Just what some of us need, Will it run windows 10? :-)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...eam-education-
platformand-raspberry-pi-laptop

Rene

Haven't tried it, but I suspect a Pi4 would probably 'walk' it.

I ran into problems trying to install Windows 10 on my mechanical
wris****ch.