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Re: Raspberry Pi Opens First High Street Store in Cambridge

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Post by HeadsUpHigh » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 4:26 PM UTC

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #150

HeadsUpHigh wrote: post #110

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Tinkering is not the same as consuming media/games. The kids who play with tablets and the kids who tinker with pis are completely different demographics( or the same person at different times). While I agree that the rpi leaves a lot to be desired( and other boards have left it in the dust hardware-wise) it is still the most accessible board out there and to say that they haven't improved on that is false( especiall…

I totally get that I just think there is a lot of value to the tinkering being possible on the device they use for everything else. How many kids got a PC to play games on but while bored found QBasic and Gorillas.bas. How many kids on MySpace or NeoPets learnt HTML/CSS as a way to customize their profiles. This all used to be a reality when kids grew up using a general purpose computing platform, now the choices are…

I agree. But a tablet is only possible because you can't tinker with it( hardware limitations, how would you fit connectors etc in it?). The software side of things could be better but you also have to keep in mind that an RPi makes both hardware and software tinkering on a very cheap package. Tinkering with software on an old PC was possible but tinkering with hardware would risk a fairly expensive machine.

Re: Raspberry Pi Opens First High Street Store in Cambridge

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Post by Aissen » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 4:46 PM UTC

claytonius wrote: post #101

Aissen wrote: post #88

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Did they sell the Pi at the $35 price (+VAT I guess) ? Because it seems that the brick-and-mortar stores I've been to strugle with this very-thin margin pricing. If you had a physical place where you could source sticker-price raspberry pis it would already be quit good.

The prices were very low -- if I remember correctly the zero was £4.50 and the zero W was £5.00. I went in looking for a motor so I didn't catch the price of the Pi B+ etc. Sorry!

No worries, answering my own question, there's a picture showing the prices on their website: https://www.raspberrypi.org/app/uploads/2019/02/Pi-Shelf.png

It's 32£, which is less than on amazon.co.uk (currently 33.95£, varying between 33 and 36 over the last month). I'm guessing it's pretty good.

You can occasionnally find them for less on chinese websites, but I haven't seen a deal in a while, and you need to wait at least 3 weeks to get one; which is pretty much the opposite of brick-and-mortar store.

Re: Raspberry Pi Opens First High Street Store in Cambridge

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Post by folkrav » Wed, Feb 13, 2019, 5:18 PM UTC

wolfgke wrote: post #146

folkrav wrote: post #120

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I fail to see how having a clean looking store alienates anyone. If it does, these people should look back at their priorities in life.

> I fail to see how having a clean looking store alienates anyone. I do not claim that. But it is a strong sign of the direction that the Raspberry Pi Foundation might want to target in the future. And this direction has a potential to alienate the core audience.

That's basically being angry at what they might do, which is a very premature kneejerk reaction. If they end up alienating them, they'll stop following. I still fail to see how it's really a problem.

Us "nerds" are just never happy.