Hacker News with Generative AI: Desktop PCs

Raspberry Pi 500 makes an 8GB Pi 5 into a compact, inexpensive desktop PC (arstechnica.com)
One of the selling points of the Raspberry Pi 5 (released in October 2023) is that it was fast enough and had enough memory to be a credible general-purpose desktop PC, if not an especially fast one. For Pi-as-desktop enthusiasts, the company has a couple of new pre-holiday announcements. The biggest is the Raspberry Pi 500, which fits the components of an 8GB Pi 5 into a small keyboard-shaped case for $90.
Microsoft Discontinues iMac Rival Surface Studio 2 (macrumors.com)
Microsoft has discontinued its Surface Studio 2+, marking the end of the company's only direct competitor to Apple's iMac, leaving a gap in the Windows ecosystem for high-end all-in-one PCs.