Competition in the computer education space is nice.
OLPC comes with: screen, case, power supply, battery, cam, Source Code, wifi, training, & doesn't require £400 TV that can run code already.
Raspberri PI Release Announcement
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#132The one thing you can say about incompetence is that its ignorant of its own condition.
This does not bode well to the quality of the product itself, the lack of basic skills and forethought is frightening. After all that "we know what we are doing" talk I guess we can now point and laugh.
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#133Gosh - this person on ebay ships in 5-6 days and has already sold 28. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290... /Ya think?
I don't know how he can get away with this. To have that many he must have a deal with RS - the 5 - 6 day shipping date must be first class after he receives however many he's ordered through RS as a sub-distributer otherwise this goes against the 1 per person completely.
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#134I've just ordered one over the phone, Farnell adds a surcharge so the grand total is a little over £36. Surprisingly no wait time on the phone whatsoever! The number is 08447111111.
I just called them on that number and was told they've sold out, next batch available in 4 to 5 weeks. Bummer :(
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
Then I blame their fucked up shop system with yet another site for every other region? All I can say is that one minute after launch, the product page on Farnell was showing "out of stock". After that, the site never loaded again. Apparently the only way you could actually get one is through some back of the woods partner site of them in Australia. Hooray.
Apparently.... http://au.element14.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-chipset/chipse...
Isn't it this one? http://au.element14.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-pcba/sbc-raspb...
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
I managed to get a confirmation for an order of two through the Australian Element14 site - it took a dozen or so reloads to get the product into the cart, then almost an hour to get through the payment process (I was already registered from previous purchases).
According to the blog at raspberrypi.org (currently offline) they are limiting orders to 1 per customer. So it will be interesting to see if this order goes through.
They underestimate what it takes to audit 10,000 orders for fraud (breaking their business rules, not laws).
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, but there are a lot of other things they could've done. EC2 anyone?
Farnell: THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER Goods Subtotal: £26.55 Basic Shipping: £0.00 VAT: £5.31 Total: £31.86 --->>> Further stock available in 30 days I'll believe it when I have the board in my hands though! Order confirmation email just come in: Description SBC, RASPBERRY PI, MODEL B Qty Ordered 1 Qty to Follow 1 Estimated Delivery W/C 12/03/2012 That's 12th March for our foreign friends -at least I hope its not 3rd Dec…
At work now (an electronics/tech company) - just been passed a message from our Farnell accounts manager; they're talking mid April for orders placed now. Looks like I may get my personal one (as above) first.
Waiting for info from our RS accounts manager - RS seem a little less briefed about the whole thing - hmmm.
Oh, yes - it bears repeating that RS are (and always have been) trade only and are very unlikely to take orders from individuals - for many, Farnell will be the better bet.
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#138Gosh - this person on ebay ships in 5-6 days and has already sold 28. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290... /Ya think?
I don't know how he can get away with this. To have that many he must have a deal with RS - the 5 - 6 day shipping date must be first class after he receives however many he's ordered through RS as a sub-distributer otherwise this goes against the 1 per person completely.
What he says he has, and what he has in reality are possibly quite different. He's sold 28 - not sure how many have been delivered
Edit: From the RasPi Twitter feed - they said it... @Raspberry_Pi EVERYONE! Stop posting that ebay item!. He is a scammer and getting more sales from here. Pic posted is the Alpha proto board
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#139Maybe I'm clueless, but why would you order one if you already have a PC?
Because you want a teeny tiny Arm development board? Because you want to make a fanless media server? Because you want to learn programming and your elder brother is hogging the PC surfing for whatever teenage boys surf for?
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#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sadly, Kickstarter isn't an option for most people outside the US, as you need a US bank account to draw the funds into. A limitation with their Amazon payments system I believe.
Setting up a US bank account for a non-US resident isn't all that hard. Worst case for most major US banks is that you might need to get a notarized copy of your passport and the application form, which can cost you a bit (first time I did it, years ago, the local US consulate charged me $65 for it).
Really? Don't they need proof of address in the US or anything? I might get me one, then. What's a good bank?