Raspberry Pi Model A (the $25 one) finally on sale in US • Hacker News Board

Re: Raspberry Pi Model A (the $25 one) finally on sale in US

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Post by harkenthus » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 9:39 PM UTC

bnycum wrote: post #5

I picked up a Model B from Amazon earlier this month, here in the US. I have been really impressed with it, even though I paid ~$48. Very impressive device in such a little package. I used mine to make a WiFi garage door opener with node.js backend and iOS app to open our garage doors from our phone. So many more projects in mind. Shameless plus as I just wrote a post about my project this weekend. http://itsbrent.ne…

That's an awesome project! I got mine in January, cost around the same. It's currently running as a portable git/file server but I've been looking for a more hands-on project for it. I'm not really in need of a garage door system, but your post was quite cool to read. :)

Re: Raspberry Pi Model A (the $25 one) finally on sale in US

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Post by droithomme » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 11:07 PM UTC

So, only one vendor, and they state back orders not accepted, and they state they have 0 in stock.

Which means it's not really on sale for $25 in the US.

I could make the same claim myself, that I am selling them for $25, don't have any in stock, and don't accept backorders. They wouldn't make it really for sale unless I am actually accepting $25 and shipping out boards. It might be convenient though if I give people a link to where I am selling other items, that's a lot of free incoming traffic without having to pay Google for AdSense clicks.

This is just cheap dishonest advertising for the company. A lot of people visiting the link will buy something else. Someone there has figured out a good way to make money is send out press releases to the tech press about their desirable but unavailable non-sale item, and hope for a bite. They got a bite - Cyrus Farivar at ArsTechnica fell for it. Sure, they had 50 in stock that were sold instantly. 50 that this company no doubt bought for more than $25 each and either sold as a loss leader, or simply charged more for shipping than they paid.

Re: Raspberry Pi Model A (the $25 one) finally on sale in US

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Post by film42 » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 11:54 PM UTC

Can anyone give a legit reason why they can't just keep them coming? I mean, we're all gonna buy them.

Re: Raspberry Pi Model A (the $25 one) finally on sale in US

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Post by luser001 » Mon, Apr 01, 2013, 4:15 PM UTC

fakeer wrote: post #4

Model A is very restrictive than the B, if you are even slightly serious to do sth of little weight with it. I wonder if A can withstand always-on torrent and/or a connected hard disk which is constantly filled by CrashPlan or Time Machine. One USB port is another big restriction. Kills my idea of making it work with two hard disk(without using a hub). PS. It hurts to think that I am not buying it(B) because it costs…

I do something similar. You will need a powered USB hub to attach the external HDD (built-in USB can't supply the full 500 mW that a USB port is supposed to supply). Checkout out Plugable's videos on youtube.

I have a Model B with a connected HDD that's been on 24x7 for a few months now. No problems so far. I don't expect a big difference between the Model A and B wrt stability.