Raspberry Pi 512MB in stock £37.09 delivered (for geeks and their mates LOL)

vuvuzela

Inverness wrote: »

Available at Maplins here: http://www.maplin.co.uk/raspberrypi

They want £70 for their 'starter kit' which is way OTT for what you get.

mrroy

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Can someone tell me in simple language what this does. Thinking about Christmas prezzy:)

Plenty of information on utube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgR74Kp6Ws4

msgigglewick

bit spooky i was posting on this and dh got a text saying as he had been waiting so long for his they were going to send him the version 2 with the 512mb instead.. it turned up this morning.. guess he's gonna be happy lol

simple_but_sweet

don't want to sound stupid BUT, is this a mini computer or is it a hard drive? Also, after it connects to a tv can it connect to wifi (making it basically into a smart tv?)
once again sorry if this is a stupid question

jennyjj

simple_but_sweet wrote: »

don't want to sound stupid BUT, is this a mini computer or is it a hard drive? Also, after it connects to a tv can it connect to wifi (making it basically into a smart tv?)
once again sorry if this is a stupid question

Not a stupid question.

It's a bare bones, very minmal computer on a printed circuit board. It has no keyboard, disk, or indeed anything else, but if you plug in an ordinary pc keyboard, mouse, and HDTV telly, you have a pretty neat working computer. Add on a bit of software and it could function as a media centre. It doesn't come with WiFi, or indeed a power supply or box, but a hobbyist would pick up a USB wifi adapter up for a tenner and then it would be a wireless connectible computer. That wireless computer could give your tv lots of internet connectivity and could play all sorts of those movies etc lifted from your regular pc.

But this is not your average consumer electrical device. All the info about using it is out there on the web, but without a bit of technical inclination, it's user would have a spikey paperweight. With that technical inclination, call it geekiness, then the owner would have more computing power than he/she could shake a stick at.:)

JJ

msgigglewick

the youtube link posted is pretty good in explaining. We have had it running movies, youtube, normal facebook, admin type software, it can run a basic linux based software..you can attach a harddrive to save bigger files or usb drive etc

jennyjj

Oh, and typically, the User would install Linux on it, all available from 'tinterweb

On top of Linux, the user could then install whatever would normally work on a modest spec Linux pc.

E.g. Firefox, XBMC, Perl, Possibly Open Office?

JJ

alinwales

Go to Farnell (who own CPC I think) and guarantee a £29.95 unit... people everywhere are wondering about CPC delivery charges, why wonder eh.


Also, the price is RRP, and now that Sony are involved, supplies are at good levels (with a few hiccups still)... so why on earth is this a grabbit???

SunnySusie

I bought one for £30 and look forward to my DS being old enough to get into just like I got into computing when I was younger. They are easy to get hold of through various sellers on Amazon, I would go for the Model B (has some extra connectivity). You can buy through the official site but once you add postage and long delivery times it didn't seem attractive.

I am running raspbmc to get iPlayer on an old TV in the bedroom and it works well.