[Techtalk] a taste of Raspberry PI

[Michelle Murrain]

Wow, looks amazing! I want one too! :-)

Any idea how easy it will be to get in the US?

Peace,
Michelle

On 11/30/2011 03:19 PM, Miriam English wrote:
> Anybody else's mouth watering at the prospect of getting some 
> Raspberry Pi? If all goes well it will go on sale this month, but I 
> likely won't be able to get one til next year.
>
> Raspberry Pi is a tiny, credit card-sized computer that has roughly 
> the capabilities of a first-generation X-Box, but which uses an Arm 
> processor, is GNU-Linux-based, and consumes just 1 watt of power. Best 
> of all, its sale price is aiming at around £22 ($35).
>
> It is a non-profit project intended to repair the flagging computer 
> skills of youngsters in UK schools, but is expected to tear through 
> the computer geek community worldwide. I think a price like that will 
> make it very big in the developing world too.
>
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/28/raspberry_pi/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mDuJuvZjI    (Raspberry Pi -  Quake 3 
> demo.mp4  [39.16M])
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ7N4rycsy4    (Raspberry Pi - the £15 
> computer.mp4  [46.32M] - earlier version)
>
> I want one! :)
>
> Cheers,
>
>     - Miriam


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