Raspberry Pi has been making low-cost computers for over eight years, offering increasingly impressive performance while keeping the price down in the process. The product has always been sold as a single-board computer by default, without keyboard, mouse, etc., as the most important factor with regard to affordability is cost, so the Raspberry Pi has been sold as a single-board computer by default (although since 2016, the Foundation has also sold a "desktop kit").

The Raspberry Pi 400 is a new and attractive form factor based on the latest revision of the board, the Raspberry Pi 4, channeling some of the great British computer companies of the 80s with a PC on the keyboard. The Pi 400 costs £67/$70, and a kit that includes the Pi 400, mouse, power supply, mini HDMI cable, and "beginner's guide" manual is £94/$100. And it looks good enough to eat.

The Pi 400 won't be able to play Assassin's Creed: but if you want a Minecraft machine or My First PC, it'll do just fine The specs listed on the Raspberry Pi site are, Quad-core 64-bit processor, 4GB of RAM, wireless networking, dual display outputs, 4K video playback, and a 40-pin GPIO header for connecting more components.

It is so cool to see history being brought back to life in this way. In particular, it reminds me of the original ZX Spectrum, which came in 16K and 48K variants and likewise had a computer in the keyboard. Spectrum's goal at the time was to make a sub-100 pound computer for the masses (the 16K model launched at £125, but was reduced to £99 a year later).

Nearly 40 years later, the Raspberry Pi 400 continues to uphold its design legacy.