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Real curious about the battery life. All of Raspberry Pi's offerings are notoriously power inefficient; it's a shame there's no big competitor out there pushing for that.
I have a Clockwork Pi uConsole and with even just one 18650 I can easily play something classic like Roller Coaster Tycoon for a couple hours. They’re not as bad as you’d imagine.
How does it (thumb) type?
It’s okay, but the size is the actual issue. You always think a handheld keyboard on a phone feels too small until you bump up to that size. Your thumbs just reach everything, but especially when you factor in the aluminum case and its weight, you’re not going to be journaling on it. It’s more for tasks with light point and click interaction with the occasional data entry. Hence why RCT is one of my go to experiences on it.
No, that's terrible.
Couple hours of light gaming on 50% battery is terrible?
Yes, should be able to expect twice that from an ARM device.
And which device can do that? My MacBook with ARM cpu couldn’t do couple hours of light gaming on half battery, and that’s ridiculously optimized.
Something's wrong with your MacBook, then, since mine can go all day.
Your MacBook can do light gaming on 50% charge “all-day”? X to doubt.
A game from 1990? That would take less power than the damn Wi-Fi radio.
The biggest issue is that the Raspberry Pi doesn't support sleep. So your only option to preserve battery is a full shutdown.