Raspberry Pi

LaCe · **Joined:** Aug 2008 **Posts:** 690 **Location:**

anyone heard about?

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

seems like the sell starts tomorrow

asusi · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 3223 **Location:**

cant wait..

Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi

pic's

and some vid's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mDuJuvZjI

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

Do want do want! Will buy.

asusi · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 3223 **Location:**

Me too, finally a good mini media center in my car

poehalcho · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:19 pm

This isn't a phone is it D: ?

LaCe · **Joined:** Aug 2008 **Posts:** 690 **Location:**

what would u say? will it be released tomorrow or not?

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:54 am

explanation?

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

COUNTDOWN!

OMG OMG OMG OMG :yay:

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

8minutes.... raspberry site wont load haha.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

I'm just going to assume it's some kind of holy arterfact to the eyes of anyone in Comp.Sci?

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

It's a fully functional, single board, computer that can run many different linux distros. It has ethernet, 2 usb ports, HDMI, audio out, etc... all on a board not much bigger than a credit card (not thickness obviously).

My main boner, it plays 1080p video extremely well, even Quake 3 gameplay is smooth.

Sooo, I want one to turn into a little media player / game system emulator. :sohappy:

The huge wave of traffic has crashed both distributors...

EDIT: Finally got one of the sites to load, got an order through for when they come back in stock.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:49 am

UH WTF? size of a credit card? LOL I thought it was a generic mobo. So basically is like a micro-pc huh?I still don't get it.. what do I need besides this? xD

Wooo

Okay for everyone still confused like I was

Quote:

As Raspberry Pi launches today, Robert Mullins demonstrates exactly how easy it is to get started with the credit card sized Raspberry Pi. Simply plug in your monitor, keyboard, mouse, operating system and power via a usb adapter and it will boot in 15 seconds.

I'm gonna get one!

Toshiharu · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 4222 **Location:** Nowhere

EvGa wrote:

even Quake 3 gameplay is smooth.

9 frames. Smooth.

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Meh.. I'm not excited about this :giveup:

Avalanche · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 3606 **Location:**

Wait when are they being released? I only see the "are you interested" option, not a buying one.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:06 pm

Avalanche wrote:

Wait when are they being released? I only see the "are you interested" option, not a buying one.

It's sold out, afaik. You can only pre-order which is that "interested" thingy, I suppose.

Avalanche · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 3606 **Location:**

Damn, hope they make/get new units soon. I hope they are limiting order sizes at launch... people probably want dozens of these.

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

Toshiharu wrote:

EvGa wrote:

even Quake 3 gameplay is smooth.

9 frames. Smooth.

The distributors underestimated the amount of demand. Farnell and RS components both crashed last night. I was able to get an actual pre-order through Farnell, and expressed interest at RS. Total was £26.55. Both are sold out apparently, but will be getting more boards soon. And, it was suppose to be limited to 1 per customer.

Toshiharu · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 4222 **Location:** Nowhere

Yes thank you for showing me the video of quake dropping down to 9frames constantly.

I'm more interested of using it more of a mobile media center instead of carrying my PC or streaming to my PS3. I'll wait out for a bit until they put a case over the next version and see more support.

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

It was at 1080p with 4x AA... do the math. I didn't say it was a gaming beast, but for what it is that's impressive.

I too want it mostly for a media station. I also want to see how well it will function as a game emulator.. N64, NES, sega, etc...

Fiction · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:49 pm

What? It can't play Quake 3 at 120 fps? What am I wasting my $50 USD on? I thought it was supposed to be a 30 dollar supercomputer... :palm:

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Fiction wrote:

I thought it was supposed to be a 30 dollar supercomputer... :palm:

There's really no such thing as a supercomputer. lulz

Toshiharu · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 4222 **Location:** Nowhere

Fiction wrote:

What? It can't play Quake 3 at 120 fps? What am I wasting my $50 USD on? I thought it was supposed to be a 30 dollar supercomputer... :palm:

Buy 10000 of them and rig them together.

Spoiler!

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

I'm impressed but not really. Maybe if they somehow managed to pack the features of a gaming beast into something that small then I'd be super impressed. But they're off to a good start.

Pinoy_Archer · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 937 **Location:** Home

This has been in the hype of /g/ for a few days. Ppl were really excited for its release. But when it did, from what i've heard, they only sell to people around Europe and getting one from abroad would rather be costly. Speaking of price. I've also read that its original price of $35 -> $55 now. and Only 35 pcs. were made... for beta testing... lol

anyways i could be wrong though... Anyways when someone posts to /g/ about the Raspberry Pi... they label it now as "vaporeware", which is kinda sad

Silkroad Online Forums

Raspberry Pi

Who is online