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Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store

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Post by zulrah »

entity345 wrote: post #76
LeoPanthera wrote: post #2

I wonder if they will sell you more than one Raspberry Pi Zero? The Zero is advertised as being $5, and it makes me angry every time, because it's not possible to buy it at that price. Every Pi retailer either has a one-per-customer limit, and charges shipping, or, charges up to $15(!) per Zero if you buy more than one. So it's essentially a $15 device being advertised as $5. I shouldn't be so annoyed about it, but I…

The Pi Zero is at £4.66 here in the UK (so $6) including 20% VAT.

with 1 order per customer and £3 shipping fee

Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store

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Post by opless »

kristianc wrote: post #14

Cambridge native here - the store is super cool. The look and feel is very Apple store so that probably is the fairest comparison - but they’ve managed to retain the good bits without it feeling like the chaotic jumble sale that Apple Store’s have become. Dotted around the store are live demo machines showing Python code running on Pis powering sensors etc, and tutorials showing you how to run it etc. Was really inte…

Ditto here.

It's an almost worthy successor to Maplin/RadioShack.

Much pleased.

Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store

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Post by entity345 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #79
entity345 wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Pi Zero is at £4.66 here in the UK (so $6) including 20% VAT.

But where can you actually buy it at that price?

The price I quoted is from UK-based online stores like Pimoroni and The Pi Hut.

Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store

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Post by coldtea »

ekianjo wrote: post #83

So this is an article about a store, just based on the official video? Looks like the author did not even go there.

With the news outlet margins (and pay) these days I'm surprised they could afford the connection subscription to stream the video...

Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store

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Post by dpwm »

benj111 wrote: post #56
laumars wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> this isn't cooler than Apple, its cooler than RadioShack. Arguably it could be cooler than both. You’re making an arbitrary distinction where one isn’t needed. Plus we never even had RadioShack in the UK (maybe Maplins might have been more apt? But I think the Apple comparison serves the authors point quite fine). > Also, why the couch? Plenty of shops in the UK have seating. It isn’t that weird at all. > Because t…

"we never even had RadioShack in the UK" We did kind of . Tandy was basically RadioShack, they even sold RadioShack branded products. I would like to say that it rebranded as RadioShack towards the end, but I cant find any evidence of that. So that's probably just my failing memory.

> I would like to say that it rebranded as RadioShack towards the end, but I cant find any evidence of that. So that's probably just my failing memory.

Many of them became Carphone Warehouse circa 2000 [0]. By 2001 the brand had been killed off. My last memory of Tandy was buying a RadioShack 14in TV. It didn't disappoint: it came with the schematic.

But, I definitely remember seeing a shop with RadioShack written on it in Boston, Lincolnshire around 2004 – and that was a town that I don't think ever had a Tandy. I never checked it out as my component needs were satisfied by an independent electronics shop in Lincoln.

I'm speculating that, after Tandy went, independent distributors of RadioShack products sprung up. There does appear to be a shop in Lancashire using the RadioShack logo.[1] Though unless they've got incredible warehousing, they can't sell much RadioShack stuff any more.

[0] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/03/tandy_is_dead_long_...

[1] https://www.yell.com/biz/radio-shack-lytham-st-annes-2879625...

Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store

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Post by zimpenfish »

crumpets wrote: post #75
collyw wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

CS must teach at least some hardware, no?

Not really. Hardware and machines that actually run algorithms are just an implementation detail. :)

Anecdata: Mine did (CS, Manchester, 92-95). First year a certain amount of hardware was mandatory, second and onwards was optional (and I opted out.)

(Many people opted in because it gave you a chance to be lectured by Steve Furber and later work with him on 3rd year projects, IIRC.)

Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store

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Post by SuddsMcDuff »

Nursie wrote: post #32
LeoPanthera wrote: post #2

I wonder if they will sell you more than one Raspberry Pi Zero? The Zero is advertised as being $5, and it makes me angry every time, because it's not possible to buy it at that price. Every Pi retailer either has a one-per-customer limit, and charges shipping, or, charges up to $15(!) per Zero if you buy more than one. So it's essentially a $15 device being advertised as $5. I shouldn't be so annoyed about it, but I…

Some of the alternatives (Orange Pi Zero in particular) might be a good option... They have more powerful hardware too, AFAICT, though the mainline linux support isn't as good. (Although looking at that now, the cheapest board is still about $9)

I got frustrated with the 1 per customer policy of Raspberry Pi Zero so I ended up bulk buying a bunch of Orange Pi Zero's from Ebay and I could not be happier. I found the support materials great, and the addition of an RJ45 port with PoE was a big plus.
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