Raspberry Pi 500

A Pi 500 is a Pi 5 inside a keyboard. Add a monitor, a mouse and power and it is a complete Linux desktop with nothing on the desk but the keyboard and two cables.

The 8 GB of memory in it is most of what it costs. A bare 8 GB Pi 5 board is 175 dollars, so at 180 the keyboard, the case, the cooling and the power circuitry come to almost nothing. That is not a promotion, it is what happens when AI datacentre demand reprices memory and the finished product holds its price while the bare board does not.

It suits a second machine for a workshop, a child's desk, or a spare that sits in a drawer until something breaks. The desktop kit is the same machine with the official mouse, power supply, an HDMI cable and the beginner's guide in the box.