Raspberry Pi launches Raspberry Pi 400, a compact keyboard with a built-in ARM-based computer, available today for $70
the under-$100 desktop PC you didn't know you needed Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC : Raspberry Pi 400: A computer for the coronavirus age? Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Raspberry Pi 400 Is Literally a Computer in a Keyboard Uskompuf / TechPowerUp : Raspberry Pi 400 Compact Keyboard Computer Announced for 70 USD Eli Blumenthal / CNET : Raspberry Pi 400 packs a full computer into a keyboard for $70 Mayank Sharma / TechRadar : Raspberry Pi 400 packs a full computer inside a keyboard Liam Tung / ZDNet : Raspberry Pi 400 is out: $70 for a complete PC with a faster Pi 4 in a keyboard Jeff Geerling : The Raspberry Pi 400 - Teardown and Review Joey deVilla / Global Nerdy : Raspberry Pi 400: A lot of computer for as little as $70! 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Trevor Daugherty / 9to5Toys : Raspberry Pi 400 arrives as a $70 all-in-one PC solution for the holidays Michael Simon / PCWorld : The Raspberry Pi 400 is a ready-made $100 PC built into a keyboard John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Raspberry Pi 400: $70 Desktop PC Built Into a Keyboard Pradeep / MSPoweruser : Raspberry Pi 400 is a complete PC built into a compact keyboard Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : The Raspberry Pi 400 Is A Computer And Keyboard In One - Just Add A Screen Rhys Davies / Ubuntu : Raspberry Pi 400 with Ubuntu support Andrew Orr / The Mac Observer : Raspberry Pi 400 is a $70 Computer in a Keyboard Owen Hughes / TechRepublic : Meet the Raspberry Pi 400: A PC built into a keyboard for just $70 Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Raspberry Pi Launches a $70 PC in a Keyboard iClarified : The New Raspberry Pi 400 is a Computer Built Into a Keyboard [Video] Tom Pritchard / Tom's Guide : Raspberry Pi 400 release date, price, specs and news Chris Smith / BGR : The Raspberry Pi 400 is the extra PC you never knew you needed Engadget : The Morning After: The Raspberry Pi 400 is a keyboard with a PC inside it Satsuki Then / SlashGear : Raspberry Pi 400 is a cheap PC inside a keyboard Kunal Khullar / XDA Developers : Raspberry Pi 400 is a $70 personal Pi computer built into a keyboard Rich Stanton / PC Gamer : Raspberry Pi's delectable new model is a $70 computer in a keyboard Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware : Raspberry Pi 400 Review: Faster CPU, New Layout, Better Thermals Jefferson Mangubat / Neowin : Raspberry Pi 400 debuts for $70 with 4GB of RAM and more Jean-Luc Aufranc / CNX Software : Raspberry Pi 400 Keyboard PC Review and Benchmarks vs Raspberry Pi 4 Rui Carmo / The Tao of Mac : Raspberry Pi 400 — I love it. There were previous hacks that stuffed a Pi into the official keyboard … Wayne Williams / BetaNews : The Raspberry Pi 400 is a brand new $70 desktop PC you can buy right now K.G Orphanides / WIRED UK : The Raspberry Pi 400 reinvents the microcomputer for 2020 Tweets: Clive Thompson / @pomeranian99 : A Raspberry Pi built into a keyboard, for $70: https://www.theverge.com/... I've seen various hackers make these DIY style, but now it's a product you can buy Raspberry Pi / @raspberry_pi : We completely redesigned Raspberry Pi 4 4GB to fit inside the new Raspberry Pi 400 https://www.raspberrypi.org/ ... https://twitter.com/... Paul Hudson / @twostraws : If you think about the amount of space a keyboard has, it doesn't seem hard to imagine fitting an iPhone circuit board in there. No need for screen, battery, or cameras - it would make a pretty remarkable start for Apple Silicon if they could do this with Mac mini. Craig Mod / @craigmod : this is really lovely https://twitter.com/... Rafe Needleman / @rafe : This is a real computer, and it's $70. Amazing. https://www.theverge.com/... @thomasfuchs : Everything old is new again (cf 80s home computers) https://twitter.com/... Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith : Raspberry Pi is right up there with Apple and Surface for ‘brands of computer I care about’. I've lost track of how many we have in the house, but it powers everything from our lights to satellite TV; easily the most important type of computer to me outside of the Apple ecosystem @dhh : This brings back such lovely memories of perhaps my favorite computer of all time: The Amiga 1200. (Now if only I could connect this thing to my iMac as a screen.. having another screen on my desk is a bit 😬). https://www.raspberrypi.org/ ... Jay Beale / @jaybeale : Feeling nostalgia as I see the newly-released Raspberry Pi 400. My first few computers were like this, starting with a Sinclair Z80. https://twitter.com/... @lotterleben : A Computer *in* a Keyboard + Mouse for $100. Ask your local IT company for an old monitor and you have a full desktop computer (not blazingly fast but workable). Wat https://twitter.com/... Ben Ward / @benwarduk : I love this. All you need is an OS and you've got yourself a #VDI endpoint! #RemoteWork @Raspberry_Pi https://twitter.com/... Brian Roemmele / @brianroemmele : This is just astonishing. The folks at Raspberry Pi has done it again. The $70 Pi and keyboard package, just plug in a HDMI. I use 100s of Pis on #TheIntelligenceAmplifier and they usually don't need a keyboard but some with a built-in would be convenient. https://twitter.com/... Dr Footleg / @drfootleg : Lots of comments bemoaning the lack of a camera port. Have people not heard of USB cameras? https://twitter.com/... Robert McGovern / @tarasis : *love* the idea of this. A portable computer in a keyboard (Yes, I grew up with a spectrum and an Amiga) https://twitter.com/... Alasdair Allan / @aallan : For everyone that has ever looked at the @Raspberry_Pi keyboard and thought, I wonder if a Raspberry Pi would fit inside? For everyone that grew up with the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC464, or Spectrum. Say “Hello!” to the #RaspberryPi400. More at https://www.raspberrypi.org/ .... https://twitter.com/...
Context & Ripple Effects
The Raspberry Pi 400 is the Pi 4 repackaged: the board that launched in mid-2019 with dual 4K monitor support, Gigabit Ethernet, and USB 3.0 is now sealed inside a keyboard chassis and sold as a complete $70 unit rather than a $35 bare board. The move shifts the product from hobbyist component to finished desktop.
The lineage matters for reading the launch: the keyboard-computer form factor echoes machines like the BBC Micro-era all-in-ones Raspberry Pi has long cited as inspiration, and the follow-on coverage — a functional $100 desktop review and, years later, a Pi 500 keyboard review — shows this was the start of a durable product line, not a one-off novelty.
First-order effects
- Buyers get a complete, working desktop for $70 — Pi 4 internals plus keyboard — removing the assembly step that the bare-board Pi required.
- The Pi 4's existing software stack carries over directly: the review coverage shows it running both Raspberry Pi OS and Ubuntu Desktop out of the box.
Second-order effects
- The all-in-one pricing pressures the sub-$100 desktop segment, where a monitor-plus-keyboard bundle from Raspberry Pi undercuts assembled budget PCs on price if not on polish — the review flags a narrow integrated keyboard and no 3.5mm jack as the trade-offs.
- Peripherals and accessories built for the exposed Pi 4 board (cases, HATs, breakout boards) face a split audience, since the 400's sealed chassis locks out the GPIO-driven add-on ecosystem that defined the bare-board line.
Third-order effects
- If the pattern holds — and the later Pi 500 suggests it does — keyboard-form-factor computers become a standing product tier alongside the bare boards, letting Raspberry Pi serve both the tinkerer and the turnkey buyer from one silicon roadmap.
- The all-in-one approach lowers the entry cost for classroom and first-computer deployments, the use case the BBC Micro comparison points to, positioning cheap integrated hardware as a channel for computing literacy rather than just prototyping.
The trend: Single-board computing is splitting into two tiers — exposed boards for tinkerers and sealed all-in-one units for turnkey buyers — with the keyboard form factor becoming a durable product line rather than a nostalgia play.