Why would you need a Pi 500 hacked in to another case - it IS the case.Indeed. And is a less advanced WIP in terms of Windows on Raspberry Pi, and it probably will stay that way until someone makes a breakthrough or Microsoft and Raspberry PI partner to provide it. This ISO release may help but I don't know enough about that to say.Windows on Arm is still very much WIP both in terms of available hardware and native software...
While I don't have a Pi which Windows on ARM would run on it's not whether it's fit for purpose, performant, may not have have some drivers, legality and licencing issues, which would stop me trying it - It's the complexity of getting it and installing it. That looked like it was improved by the WoR Project but they have abandoned Pi Support. This ISO may help but I don't know.
But it would also requires a suitable Pi configuration for it to actually become my desktop replacement ...For personal use as a desktop replacement I find the Pi credit card format problematic in having connectors on tangential edges of the board. While I can hide it behind a monitor or otherwise keep it out of sight I would prefer something as aesthetically pleasing as the desktop it would be replacing.neither are really suitable for our commercial use as you end up with cables from the sockets going to the front panel so we use the CM4 (soon CM5) or one of their clones with custom carriers.
That means hiding it inside a desktop case, with all the faff, challenges, cost and effort, of doing that, or finding a case, or mini-ITX carrier, where others have solved those issues for me, or looking at other alternatives, CM5+CM5IO, perhaps Pi 500 hacked into a PC case. The trouble is any solution adds cost to create a Pi desktop replacement I would like - Whether running Raspberry Pi OS, Windows, or anything else.
Statistics: Posted by jamesh — Tue Nov 26, 2024 10:09 am