The problem with being PC Pro’s features editor is you sometimes have to follow through on your own stupid ideas. So when, during a features meeting a few months ago, I idly speculated whether you cou

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Blows the budget A blend of classic 1980s Commodore design and modern hardware, we were very impressed by the original Raspberry Pi 500 (£96 from www.snipca. com/56696) when we reviewed it in Issue 70

The art of running games on rigs below their minimum specs is thriving

Gaming doesn’t often crop up in Computeractive, but maybe it should. Ofcom research last year (www.snipca.com/56742) revealed that gaming is definitely not just for kids – around 52 per cent of adults

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