The Premier Farnell Pi Desktop kit - the largest manufacturer of Raspberry Pi - includes an additional board containing: an mSATA interface, a smart power regulator (plus real-time clock and battery), a heat sink, a USB adapter (Micro -Type A), dividers and screws, all in one box to have it all.
The company stated that this particular kit can help Raspberry Pi friends turn their Pi board into a "full-featured computer with Linux” in minutes, which can then be connected to a monitor via HDMI.
Premier Farnell said that when you combine the Raspberry Pi with a £39.99 Pi Desktop you'll get "all the functionality you'd expect from a standard PC", although the Raspberry Pi 3, a solid- state drive and a camera will have to be purchased separately, and of course they upload it price.
According to Premier Farnell, using an SSD makes the system particularly durable. Starting Raspberry Pi directly from the SSD also enables a faster startup.
So far we have seen many projects aimed at turning Raspberry Pi into a desktop, including Pi Top.
But none deliver the performance you'd expect from a high-end laptop technology. It remains to be seen whether the Pi Desktop can actually do this, without the need for the user to make compromises.
