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Raspberry Pi can be bought by the end of the month!
I'm gonna buy one for my htpc needs!
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A credit card sized computer with HDMI that plays high definition video?
For all of $35?? Seriously?? 
Uhm... I'll be in my bunk. 
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Ugg, they will make all their money from codex conversions.
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illmyrin posted:
Ugg, they will make all their money from codex conversions.
Uhm, they're rather obviously not interested in making money.
They're a charity funded well enough they don't need to take pre-orders, and they're selling their products for all of $25 and $35 respectively.
Given what they've managed to engineer into that little thing they could charge $99 and I'd pay it.
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Yea I want one also. But the article says they will only release 2 codex licenses and point to that as the reason they can do it so cheap. I'll edit my statement.
"Someone is going to make a lot of money on codex conversions."
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illmyrin posted:
Yea I want one also. But the article says they will only release 2 codex licenses and point to that as the reason they can do it so cheap. I'll edit my statement.
"Someone is going to make a lot of money on codex conversions."
First, it's codec, not codex.
Second, there are tons of codecs to install on the box, that will cost you absolutely nothing, but that they cannot distribute without incurring a fee. Fer-instance DivX. Anyone can install it for their own use, but if you're a device maker you need to pay DivX if you want to package it into your product.
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hmmm..
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When can I buy one?
We are hoping to have the Raspberry Pi available to order in February 2012. The initial production run will be 10 000 uncased development-style boards with further productions runs starting once these have been sold.
Where can I buy one?
The Raspi will initially only be available to purchase through raspberrypi.com –if you sign up to the mailing list on the front page you’ll be notified as soon as we’re ready to start shipping.
How many can I buy in one go?
For the first batch we are limiting orders to one per person. This restriction will be relaxed as production gets in to full swing, and we can be sure of getting boards to all who want them. This should prevent eBay scalping (to some extent – we will also be auctioning some boards ourselves to try to make sure there’s no market for scalpers), and ensure that as many different individuals as possible get their Raspberry Pi!
How much will it cost?
The Model A will cost $25 and the Model B $35, plus local taxes.
How can I pay for it?
We will accept most major cards, PayPal, and offline payments.
What will I get when I buy one?
A Raspberry Pi. Leads, a power supply or SD cards are not included but can be purchased at the same time from the store. You will be able to buy preloaded SD cards too. The first batch (February 2012) will not have a case.
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You can download the images, including the XBMC build, if you already have an SSD card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NR57ELY28s 
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i'm throwing my wallet at the screen? but nothing is happening
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Delayed until Thursday 
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Ok, now that look seriously cool!!
* HTPC client
* small File server
* an Emulator rig to run old classics, that you can take with you anywhere...
* etc!
Nice little thing that if it comes through, unbelivably cheap too!!
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RHWarrior posted:
Ok, now that look seriously cool!!
* HTPC client
* small File server
* an Emulator rig to run old classics, that you can take with you anywhere...
* etc!
Nice little thing that if it comes through, unbelivably cheap too!!
Not if you take 100+ hours you'll have to spend to actually make it work
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Not if you take 100+ hours you'll have to spend to actually make it work
You think it'll take 100 hours to burn an ISO to an SD card and boot it??
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Koneg posted:
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Not if you take 100+ hours you'll have to spend to actually make it work
You think it'll take 100 hours to burn an ISO to an SD card and boot it??
Can you give us link to said ISO?
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Well I wouldn't say it does more than your average smartphone does, but it does it at an amazingly low price.
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bstulic posted:
Can you give us link to said ISO?
Uhm, yes?
http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/debian/6/debian6-17-02-2012/debian6-17-02-2012.zip.torrent
There's a direct download link as well, but they're getting hammered, so use the torrent instead.
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Koneg posted:
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Can you give us link to said ISO?
Uhm, yes?
http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/debian/6/debian6-17-02-2012/debian6-17-02-2012.zip.torrent
There's a direct download link as well, but they're getting hammered, so use the torrent instead.
"example source code for multimedia functions"
Oh well, I guess "geek" in post subject sugegsts
that everything but kernel you have to program myself...
so my 100h estimate was conservative
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"example source code for multimedia functions"
Oh well, I guess "geek" in post subject sugegsts
that everything but kernel you have to program myself...
so my 100h estimate was conservative
I am not going to bother explaining to you how this stuff works. I forgot you're some kind of backwards euroweenie.
For the rest of us, we like to, you know, read the main web site? Maybe... follow the links to some of the other distros to see what they're doing?
I dunno, you might even end up on youtube watching the link I posted more than 10 days ago now... *(hint hint nudge nudge)*
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Koneg posted:
bstulic posted:
"example source code for multimedia functions"
Oh well, I guess "geek" in post subject sugegsts
that everything but kernel you have to program myself...
so my 100h estimate was conservative
I am not going to bother explaining to you how this stuff works. I forgot you're some kind of backwards euroweenie.
For the rest of us, we like to, you know, read the main web site? Maybe... follow the links to some of the other distros to see what they're doing?
I dunno, you might even end up on youtube watching the link I posted more than 10 days ago now... *(hint hint nudge nudge)*
Tell me when you have it working, meanwhile I'll happily use my $250 HTPC
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Hmmm... Tempting! 
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Useless for me. But interesting. I wouldn't put it to use to justify buying it.
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Thatlittle badboy has perfect PC TV written all over it!!!!
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You guys are going to leech off some charity designed to give kids a computer to tinker with? FOR SHAME!
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