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rasberry Pi (ARM chip computer)
cast-fish:
Ye
strange about the chinese thing..they said the Pi could be purchased by anybody
globaly..
The Pi should be on sale in about 14 days time.....End of Feb.
you will have to be quik because many people will snap up these tiny computers
to use as media centers. Even the $25 dollar version works as a perfect media
centre because a dedicated OS for XBMC is being made for the Pi.
What does that mean?
well people simply download the image of the XBMC Pi distro and plug the SD
card in. The Pi then boots up as a dedicated media center on a TV....nothing else that
a user needs to do. They can even operate the center using a remote control.
The XVMC distro will also come with a web browser and desktop option...so people
can surf the web from their large TV using the remote control.
Many people will buy the Pi just for the reason above.
I have also noticed how advanced "web applictions" are becoming...tools
like "audiotool" and such........ which don't require local cpu power.
THe Pi can already run Flash in a browser....it's not exactly identical to typical
Flash in win32 but almost...
(the community will get Flash working correct anyhow)
This then means all "web applications" can be used on the Pi..
It opens up the little computer to doing a vast amount more computing than what people think.
If you look in Chrome webstore there are hundreds and hundreds of free
web apps...really good stuff allowing a computer to do pretty much anything regular
i am still investigating the Flash thing. However Pi can certainly run HTML 5 perfectly
and many web apps now use HTML 5 not flash.
anyway (just opinions)
thx
Vince
bmarkus:
--- Quote from: cast-fish on February 06, 2012, 01:21:50 PM ---
The Pi should be on sale in about 14 days time.....End of Feb.
--- End quote ---
Again... Just another two weeks...
cast-fish:
Ye
They have the firm assembled boards completion date of for Feb 20...then the boards need shipping back to uk for global distribution...
They say it will be possible to buy a Pi before the end of Feb....(this month)
You have to bare in mind, "China" isn't just down the freeway and turn right....kind of thing...right?
but they are even talking about going to the chinese factory just to make certain the boards
are done for Feb 20.
just wanna get my hands on one really...
i am still looking for ultra low power quad core netbooks.....fanless and with no moving parts...SSD
(they are available just very thin on the ground......ARM based)
Vince.
bmarkus:
No preorders, first request in first served basis. Be prepared for chaos.
cast-fish:
oh ye....it will be chaos allright.....but apparently they built all this chaos theory into how the web store will sell the boards...
i don't think the web page will hold up.....there will be 10 thousand orders in 5 days...
or something insane like that.....schools will be ordered POTS full....
just hope to get one....you know....(i am in the UK and have kind of helped the foundation)
i hope you also get lucky....
V
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