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Title: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: Dangelus on May 16, 2012, 02:52:15 AM
Going to have fun with this little computer. I'll be blogging about it on TeknoCratik :)

http://www.raspberrypi.org (http://www.raspberrypi.org)

Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: billybob476 on May 16, 2012, 04:38:50 AM
Very cool! I have to look into getting one of these babies, they're tough to come by right now.
Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: Dangelus on May 16, 2012, 06:31:18 AM
Yep I registered my interest at 6.30am (they launched at 6.00am but all the websites crashed!) almost 2 months ago and I just got mine.
Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: Bromptonboy on May 16, 2012, 06:39:47 AM
wow!  cool!
Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: turtlesrock on May 16, 2012, 06:48:31 AM
at first i thought it was going to be something like this:
http://www.seriouseats.com/images/potd_pi-pie.jpg (http://www.seriouseats.com/images/potd_pi-pie.jpg)
Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: Rico on May 16, 2012, 04:52:07 PM
So, this is basically the barest of bones PC - right?
Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: billybob476 on May 16, 2012, 05:19:08 PM
It's an ARM processor with 256 megs of RAM and the ability to push audio and HD video for 25-35 bucks. I think we're gonna see people doing very cool things with these.
Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: davekill on May 16, 2012, 05:36:35 PM
Geez, this is like the Apple-1.
Steve Jobs eat your heart out  :o
Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: Dangelus on May 17, 2012, 03:55:20 AM
It's made by a UK charity to promote the education of computer programming to kids. A skill lost on most of today's generation of children.

For a tech geek like me it's a fun toy! :)
Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: Dangelus on May 30, 2012, 09:10:42 AM
Got great custom made acrylic case for my little Pi. Don't have to worry about it getting damaged now. Still having great fun with this. :)
Title: Re: Got my Raspberry Pi this morning
Post by: M-5 on May 30, 2012, 01:24:18 PM
That's very cool!