The Best Raspberry Pi Powered Laptop I've Tried - The CrowPi-L

[@Lp-ze1tg]

You will really need to be a Raspberry pi enthusiast to pay that much for an all in one "case" then add the cost of a raspberry pi.

[@obvious_giraffe8386]

A steam deck is cheaper

[@ghost-user559]

I think it’s for people learning to code hardware mostly. That’s how it was presented by another KZbinr

[@derrydobbie8375]

Most annoying part...the 12v power supply. Not a voltage covered by USB PD spec, so you can't charge any other device with it (and might brick it if you try) and you can't charge the crow pi with 5v USB or USB PD chargers. Finally, ignore the included microsd prepared with the device; it's configured to pull updates from China and set my region block firewall off really quickly trying to update. Use a fresh copy or rasbian or another OS of choice and choose hdmi_group 2 and hdmi_mode 86 in config.txt to support the odds 1366x768 display.

[@MichaelKlements]

They say in the manual that it can be powered using other USB PD chargers but admittedly I didn't try this - I'll try it this evening. I definitely wouldn't try charging any other devices with the included power supply though, and I'd be cautious using it around my office/workshop in case somebody else decides to use it. The software updates from China make sense (even if not desired) as they'd need to maintain their own software and they have quite a bit of custom software on the CrowPi-L. Thanks for the tips on the display config if using a fresh install of Raspberry Pi OS.

[@firstNamelastName-ho6lv]

1366x768 used to be the standard for low-end laptops.

[@midixiewrecked7011]

​@@MichaelKlements your English is terrible.

[@BeetleBuns]

@@firstNamelastName-ho6lv used to be.

[@madson-web]

Would've been better of a 19v 2.1A capable laptop charger that you can find anywhere

[@WobblycogsUk]

That charger is an accident waiting to happen. The device looks ok though, I'm not convinced a second hand laptop and a separate pi wouldn't be a better option though.

[@davidg5898]

That 12V USB-C power brick is downright dangerous. They should have just used a different plug type. The CrowPi is primarily meant for kids and they're the least likely to know and watch for voltage mismatches (at least until they learn more electronics with the CrowPi). But even among adults who are careful/wary, a minor oversight by mistakenly grabbing this could result in a fried phone (probably just the charging circuit) or other fried USB-C devices.

[@MichaelKlements]

Yeah they should have either respected the power delivery standard or just made a 12V barrel jack supply.

[@csolisr]

It's a bit sad to see that it's much cheaper to get an equivalent x86 laptop for that much (if we consider the price of the RP4), but the market for this must be there, especially for tinkerers

[@scotty82]

Thank you Mike, great video.

[@VerdASMR]

Great review

[@stonededge]

Jeez that is very dangerous not using a proper USB-C negotiation protocol for the charger... apart from that, cool product!

[@mattkojetin8198]

I think the display is a little lame using Raspberry Pi OS. Have to do lots of tweaking to make readable. Other than that I like it.

[@deepsleep7822]

One of my dislikes with anything like this for a pi board. IMO, at a 13” monitor.

[@DavidTasmania]

CrowPi PSU destoryed my Pi 400. I connected the USB-C plug from CrowPi into my PI 400 and its dead. The cable looks exactly the same as the Pi USB-C Cables.. It never crossed my mind it wouldn't be USB-C standard until I checked the adapter. Not Happy.

[@MichaelKlements]

Sorry to hear that! Yeah it's pretty poor from their design team to not follow proper standards for peripherals.

[@meneerjansen00]

Time on battery: 3 hours. Lets all get back to the early nineties. 🙁

[@dermharse9614]

For that price Id save a few more pennies and go for a Ryzen 6000's APU

[@SB-qm5wg]

pretty cool

[@amorylazlo9579]

What sort of person would waste that much money on a computer kit that looks like a childs toy when you could buy a real, professionally made laptop complete with a warranty for the same money?

[@ghost-user559]

Someone learning to code. Hardware specifically. It has an additional kit with tutorials that walk you through examples of coding hardware and you can watch it change the functionality of the kit in real time. I watched an Asian KZbinr code an led to flash at different speeds and go from green to red etc. Its meant for introduction to coding and applying that to hardware functions. I don’t think anyone would ever buy it as an actual laptop when you can get a laptop off of eBay that blows it out of the water for under 100$

[@MichaelKlements]

The intention behind something like this is for electronics and programming education, not to be a professional laptop. A proper laptop will obviously have better specs and performance for the price.

[@IkarusKommt]

@@MichaelKlements ... which can be done with a simple controller/programmator that connects to any machine via USB, without Linux and a mess held together by ribbon cables and magnets.

[@EMILE12345678901]

why does this even exist? there are the compute module 4 now, they are made for this sort of integrated application. This sort of clunky approach and bulky chassis with tons of fragile connectors is just stupid. Use a CM4.

[@MichaelKlements]

They would definitely be a cleaner solution, but CM4 modules have been unavailable to then general public for over two years now, so designers are holding back on using them.

[@firstNamelastName-ho6lv]

For real though, you could get a much nicer Chromebook for the same price. Also they should have used a track point instead of that rediculously small touchpad.

[@alfredocolamonicci7693]

EXPENSIVE!

[@viewererdos]

Симпатичное устройство.

[@BurkenProductions]

Wrong keyboard layout though

[@Thecrypttidgamer]

Honestly, I wished it was cheaper

[@bsvenss2]

0:55 They are available again... at least in Denmark. ;-)

[@developmath7343]

Cute.

[@peakminute]

Just checked the price on the official website. Sad... Rather take an x86 laptop...

[@jaimecosta2966]

Brilliant

[@bbaker6212]

for kids/learning OK. Otherwise it's a dumb product. You can get a 15" notebook with a decent Celeron processor 4GB RAM and 128GB emmc SSD for the same price and it'll be much more usable with Linux or Win11

[@kaname223]

Chromebook does not come with projects with instructions

[@DarrenTarmey]

How much does it cost

[@ImCannibalOfficial]

over 400 smackos for an underpowered laptop with such low efficiency that a 5000mAh battery only lasts 3 hours? hard pass.

[@undefinedundefined3763]

учитывая стоимость, полностью безполезное устройство

[@oeai]

Toshiba ac100 is better.