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Man, I looked at Twitter, replied to someone, and went off to do something else like ONE MINUTE before the "hey you can buy the pi now" tweet. Twenty minutes later both the people ready to sell me one were totally swamped. Guess I don't get one from the first batch. Woe is me. Somehow I will survive! You know, as problems for a startup to have go, "demand for your product is so strong the servers selling it go down w…
Both sites slashdotted in under a minute. Nice. No one can say they weren't warned.
Here's what I'm getting from Farnell: > Site unavailable > Our websites are currently unavailable whilst we perform a scheduled system upgrade. Scheduled? Yeah, if by scheduled they mean "unexpected but seriously needed" then I'll buy in to that. :)
Man, I looked at Twitter, replied to someone, and went off to do something else like ONE MINUTE before the "hey you can buy the pi now" tweet. Twenty minutes later both the people ready to sell me one were totally swamped. Guess I don't get one from the first batch. Woe is me. Somehow I will survive! You know, as problems for a startup to have go, "demand for your product is so strong the servers selling it go down w…
I was there right on the second. I didn't get one either. It was just server load lottery that determined the winners.
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It is sad... I wasn't able to even get to see the site... let alone buy one.
I was able to see RS and "register my interest", but apparently that doesn't equate to buying one. Then of course the Raspberry Pi team tweet that we're "on the wrong page" without even investigating the issue first. Most annoying.
I think they've been a bit busy...
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I was there right on the second. I didn't get one either. It was just server load lottery that determined the winners.
I think you would have to already have an account with one of the distributors to stand a chance. It's hard enough to get one page to load, but I would guess registering and placing an order would involve at least 5 clicks.
Edit: Seriously, you send them a big box, and they mail out all the little boxes. Check it out: http://www.amazonservices.com/content/fulfillment-by-amazon....
> The $25 Model A has been reworked to include 256MB of RAM – double what we were originally planning to offer So the extra $10 will only buy you an ethernet and spare USB port now; makes the $35 a harder sell (but not tonight, of course).
I dont think so, if you need ethernet connection you need to buy an external lan/wifi card, spend at least a couple of bucks (3$ if you are lucky?)), lose one usb port (or use an usb hub), hope it will work in your OS, just to save some bucks (10-3 = 7$). For me, no way