what do they sell??
actually I'm fed up with apple
The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
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Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#12Headlines that include the word "Apple" for no reason are much cooler than headlines that don't
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#13Headlines that include the word "Apple" for no reason are much cooler than headlines that don't
Is there another computer hardware store you think would be a better comparison?
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#14Cambridge native here - the store is super cool.
The look and feel is very Apple store so that probably is the fairest comparison - but they’ve managed to retain the good bits without it feeling like the chaotic jumble sale that Apple Store’s have become.
Dotted around the store are live demo machines showing Python code running on Pis powering sensors etc, and tutorials showing you how to run it etc.
Was really interesting and heartening to see the number of young 11/12yos in there, boys and girls, either experimenting with the Pis or playing Minecraft etc.
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#15Take a walk through Akihabara or DenDen Town in Tokyo/Osaka respectively and you'll find many stores that used to trade in 10 year old computers are now full of ARM based systems and paraphernalia. It was great to get a couple of new cases that I could touch before handing over my money.
Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#16Headlines that include the word "Apple" for no reason are much cooler than headlines that don't
Is there another computer hardware store you think would be a better comparison?
I think the point might be that you don’t need to trash something else just to say the Pi store is cool.
I personally think the comparison is silly. Because you get to play around in the Pi store I think it’s much more similar to a games-workshop or board game store than an Apple store. Even if the aesthetics are similar to the latter.
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#17This is super awesome. Does anybody know if they have an analogous program like Today at Apple but for kids to actually experiment with code? Would be nice to have volunteers though. Just a thought.
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#18I wonder if they will sell you more than one Raspberry Pi Zero? The Zero is advertised as being $5, and it makes me angry every time, because it's not possible to buy it at that price. Every Pi retailer either has a one-per-customer limit, and charges shipping, or, charges up to $15(!) per Zero if you buy more than one. So it's essentially a $15 device being advertised as $5. I shouldn't be so annoyed about it, but I…
I have 2 of them, paid $10 plus tax . I visited a microcenter and they were $5 each, I and a friend of mine bought 1 each.
Damn, there used to be a Micro Center 5 minutes from my house. Now, there's only 1 in all of CA.
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#19Re: The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store
#20Headlines that include the word "Apple" for no reason are much cooler than headlines that don't
Is there another computer hardware store you think would be a better comparison?
They failed to even make the comparison beyond the headline, and oddly, don’t really say anything about how the raspberry store is cool... just that it (might) make sense, contrary to popular intuition