Raspberry Pi becomes best-selling UK computer ever as sales top 5M
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#2do you know where can I buy a 35$ PI 2 in the US?
All places I've tried they are ~50$
Re: Raspberry Pi becomes best-selling UK computer ever as sales top 5M
#3I guess they just beat the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the Wikipedia page for that has sales at 5 million.
Re: Raspberry Pi becomes best-selling UK computer ever as sales top 5M
#4do you know where can I buy a 35$ PI 2 in the US? All places I've tried they are ~50$
http://www.element14.com/ has 377 rPI2 model Bs. All are $35+shipping.
I don't work for them in anyway, it's just where i bought my current PI.
Re: Raspberry Pi becomes best-selling UK computer ever as sales top 5M
#5do you know where can I buy a 35$ PI 2 in the US? All places I've tried they are ~50$
Microcenter has the B+ for $25, but they are in-store only.
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#6Wow I was curious and it looks like there were only ever about 5-6 million Apple II computers produced (according to Wikipedia). That's pretty darn amazing that the Pi is already on track to surpass the Apple II--what I remember as the most ubiquitous and well loved computer for learning when I grew up in the 80's.
I think it's officially time for anyone who doubted the Pi to eat crow. I know I jumped on the bandwagon and never thought it would be worthwhile. Now I own a couple of them and love them!
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#7I have always found banana pi to be superior in terms of value for money.
Re: Raspberry Pi becomes best-selling UK computer ever as sales top 5M
#8Wow I was curious and it looks like there were only ever about 5-6 million Apple II computers produced (according to Wikipedia). That's pretty darn amazing that the Pi is already on track to surpass the Apple II--what I remember as the most ubiquitous and well loved computer for learning when I grew up in the 80's. I think it's officially time for anyone who doubted the Pi to eat crow. I know I jumped on the bandwago…
I remain skeptical that all 5 million units are in daily use.
A healthy fraction are probably in serious use by skilled embedded developers and a certain range of users like XBMC fans. Another serious fraction are probably using them for the actual educational purposes of the system.
But I fear that the majority are sitting in desk drawers, booted once and tried and then left to gather dust. I compare them to treadmills. Some buy them and use them religiously but most buy them with great intentions and leave it at that.
Re: Raspberry Pi becomes best-selling UK computer ever as sales top 5M
#9Wow I was curious and it looks like there were only ever about 5-6 million Apple II computers produced (according to Wikipedia). That's pretty darn amazing that the Pi is already on track to surpass the Apple II--what I remember as the most ubiquitous and well loved computer for learning when I grew up in the 80's. I think it's officially time for anyone who doubted the Pi to eat crow. I know I jumped on the bandwago…
> Now I own a couple of them and love them!
And there's your answer as to how the Pi can surpass the Apple II. The Pi is so cheap that people can easily own two or three. Do you think many people owned more than one Apple II? :-)
Re: Raspberry Pi becomes best-selling UK computer ever as sales top 5M
#10Wow I was curious and it looks like there were only ever about 5-6 million Apple II computers produced (according to Wikipedia). That's pretty darn amazing that the Pi is already on track to surpass the Apple II--what I remember as the most ubiquitous and well loved computer for learning when I grew up in the 80's. I think it's officially time for anyone who doubted the Pi to eat crow. I know I jumped on the bandwago…
> Now I own a couple of them and love them! And there's your answer as to how the Pi can surpass the Apple II. The Pi is so cheap that people can easily own two or three. Do you think many people owned more than one Apple II? :-)
My dad (an experimental physicist) still has ~10 of them in his lab.
(They run the code that directly controls his apparatus -- it was written in the 80s, and with them being so plentiful in university surplus there was never a reason to change platforms. Plus, the code itself is some combination of assembly and BASIC, which would probably be kind of a pain to port!)