Raspberry Pi

spadge_2356

I'd love to order one of these! I also like the idea behind the whole project to bring simple computing conveniences to people with no means to buy them.

I've heard that its possible to run high def video on there, and was considering using one as a small media centre pc.

When and where are they on sale?

S0litaire

the R-Pi can play back 1080p easily.

As for going on sale...
They will be putting the first 10 or so of the first "test production batch" up on Ebay. after that they will start taking orders for delivery some time on the first half of January.

They will only be for sale via : http://www.raspberrypi.org/

MoneySavingUser

The first auctions are live! | Raspberry Pi

not cheap though!

jaydeeuk1

Holy crap! £1750 at time of posting #10, 5 days to go!! I'd rather wait a month and save £1730, but maybe thats just me...

Even I would rather have a Mac at that price

zax47

So whats new about this beast then? Similar already exists in the guise of Atmel based Arduino, http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction or PIC based AMI18, http://www.picshop.nl/ami18_board.html boards and at a similar cost (AMI18 is about £22). Both are open source designs with a wide support community. Expansion is via plug-in boards called "Shields" to give network, wireless (inc. Zigbee), LCD, GPIO etc.

S0litaire

zax47 wrote: »

So whats new about this beast then? ...

You try getting an Arduino board that can play back HD movies for under £22

It's aimed mainly for schools and is a capable "desktop replacement" for most people. Just add on a HDMI screen + USB keyboard and mouse and away you go..

Full specs here:
http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard

Roger_Rampant

There's supposed to be a very important announcement being made at 6am today

Notmyrealname wrote: »

What does worry me is the concern I share with Bogtrotter. Even though its idea is to teach kids, sadly those doing the teaching aren't going to be up to the task.

Nice way to write off all teachers with one sweeping generalisation. Bogtrotter said many teachers, not all teachers.

The teachers who taught me with the EMMA II have retired. The people who see the opportunity in the Pi are my age. My kids generation would have little interest at all and no imagination of what they could do with it and seem to have little interest in learning which is partly down to the way schooling is done nowadays where you're spoonfed to pass rather than taught to learn how to find out for yourself.

We need schools that produce teenagers with the skills that businesses want. Some businesses would say that this still isn't happening. When I was at school (in the 70s) we were spoon-fed for the O levels, and it was only with the A levels and university courses that we were encouraged to think for ourselves.

MoneySavingUser

anyone manage to order one?

S0litaire

MoneySavingUser wrote: »

anyone manage to order one?

Nope.
But I'm waiting till the end of the month before ordering.
There's currently about a 3-4 week wait between ordering and delivery.

MoneySavingUser

Got my order confirmation email from Farnell - no delivery date yet - but based on people who have gotten delivery dates already who I am behind in the queue I'll be getting it in May/June