But also now you have to try and fix up five rando laptops that you got off ebay or friends. Who knows what the state of the batteries, screens, keyboards are.
The pi400 kit is $100. Flash five cards and you are done. If you scavange anything it's monitors, there is a whole aisle old flatscreens at my local goodwill, you could find decent enough ones for under $20 apiece. Alternatively any local techish business probably has a closet of monitors they would happily give away just to get them out of the building.
The pi400 kit is $100. Flash five cards and you are done. If you scavange anything it's monitors, there is a whole aisle old flatscreens at my local goodwill, you could find decent enough ones for under $20 apiece. Alternatively any local techish business probably has a closet of monitors they would happily give away just to get them out of the building.