Hello. At the end of the last year, in October or November, I had this obsession or impulse to buy a Raspberry Pi. Don’t ask me why, because it was an ADHD thing of mine. Because I couldn’t find any Raspberry Pi 4 out there, I went to a Raspberry Pi 400, because it was the most similar device to a Pi 4. I was happy, I had a computer which ran better than my slightly old Mac Mini 2016, despite having 4 GB of RAM too.

And, since December, almost January, it’s collecting dust. I don’t know why I don’t use it, and I don’t know why I can’t take the decision to use it despite thinking about it sometimes. I can play games on my Mac Mini which I can’t play on my RP 400, but those games are still old, abandonware in some cases. But it’s struggling with few programs opened, including my browser, and I don’t like that, so I’m eager to use my RP 400 again.

So, tell me, what other things can I do with my RP 400, besides browsing the web, listening to music or playing emulators? Or, in other words, is a RP 400 better than a Mac Mini 2016 to do the same stuff?

  • I usually keep two working devices to myself, in case one of them stops working.

    I was considering to record some screen captions while I’m playing retro games. I mean, my Mac Mini cannot handle powerful video games, and RAM struggles sometimes. I’ll see.