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yes it can. You can use any phone charger or USB portable charger to run an RPi. The new RPi can also now run an external USB hard drive.
yes it can. You can use any phone charger or USB portable charger to run an RPi. The new RPi can also now run an external USB hard drive.
The power pack I'm using now is rated at 2 A. I bought it at Adafruit. It was made with the Pi in mind. You can run into issues if your charger/power pack is only good for the normal 500 ma a USB port puts out. You need power to run any USB dongle you have plugged into the Pi's USB ports, plus what the Pi needs. WIFI dongles can be a little power hungry. The touch screen I have coming is USB powered also. It can be powered through another source though, which I am going to do.
I don't think there's still a power pack or USB charger under 1A these days anyway. You'll find mostly 2A. Good points.
Thank you, Bee Man! At least now I know I didn't lie. :)
The Pi has an ARM processor so you won't be able to use x86 desktop programs. It will be like Windows RT or Windows Phone. It won't be your full blown Windows 10. Microsoft may retire the "Windows RT" name but I think the concept is going to live on, on other devices.