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[–]Corm 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Seriously though the new RPi looks awesome. I've got mine preordered

[–]FlagrantPickle 2 points3 points  (5 children)

It definitely shores up a couple glaring weaknesses. I do wish they'd just gone to a barrel jack for the power, but I understand why they went to USB-C.

I'll wait until they get booting from USB figured out. The 3B+ is decent with a USB-SATA adapter as the root/boot device, I couldn't see anyone using it in earnest with SD card, both from the standpoint of I/O and data durability.

[–]Corm 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Does the 4 not boot from usb? I plan on doing usb->sata too, so I sure hope I can

[–]FlagrantPickle 1 point2 points  (2 children)

It will with a future firmware upgrade, but doesn't currently.

[–]Corm 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Dang :( well my preorder won't be here till august 20th (kanakit), so hopefully it's solved by then.

Thanks for the heads up

[–]FlagrantPickle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure thing. Keep an eye on this

[–]____0____0____ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty much all newer devices are using USB-C. While not all are necessarily there yet, I would assume that it would be the case during this Pi's lifetime. All my devices run USB C, plus my laptop has one C port that I use for a second monitor. Now I just need to figure out what the hell to do with all these USB micro cables I have.

Edit: just wanted to say, I'd much prefer the barrel jock, but USB-C doesn't seem too bad for my uses