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Most buying options of Raspberry Pi talk about a "complete kit", which I guess, the buyer has to put together or assemble based on a guide. (Yeah, I understand the excitement of doing it). But is there a pre-built all-assembling-done-already type of commercial computer, to which we could just attach monitor, usb hub, mouse etc and start using right away, without having to "follow a manual" and assemble it on arrival ?

Is it like there is no business case for it, because most adopters of Raspberry Pi have the technical curiosity or knowledge to assemble it ?

If it helps in context, I am looking to buy such a one (right now as a fantasy, but later I may put it some use), in India, online.

Whirl Mind
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There is nothing to "putting a kit together" its just a board pushed into a case, no screws nothing. There is no "real" assembly. In fact you dont even need a case, just plug in power, keyboard, mouse and a screen, or none and connect via ssh. A quick youtube video search and you will understand how simple it is.

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A starter kit is very basic. It has case, power supply, NOOBS Sd card, maybe cables and heat sinks. Takes a total of 1 - 5 min to put it together. Here is a picture of a kit. picture of kit

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The reason none of these products are available pre-assembled is because that requires FCC certification which is very cost-prohibitive for these small companies. Even though the RPi itself is FCC certified, it is only certified by itself, i.e. without any enclosure. As soon as you add an enclosure, this changes possible (even unintentional) radiation characteristics and therefore requires re-certification, which nobody wants to do. The only workaround to this is if the original device itself (the RPi) was classified as a modular component (which is what makes selling pre-assembled PCs legal), but unfortunately this is not the case.

See this article for more information: https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/398

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