News Raspberry Pi computer, is it rational?

I'm right behind them, I feel like a down market I-Pad 4 owner...


EDIT: bit more info from RS:

Welcome to the latest Raspberry Pi update from RS!

We’ve had a lot of questions about when you will be able to place orders for a Raspberry Pi from RS. When the Raspberry Pi was launched we decided not to take orders and payment up front until we knew when stock would be available and be in a position to give you accurate delivery information. With the first batch of boards due to arrive into RS warehouses soon, we’ve started to contact the people who are at the front of our queue, so they know they are first in line to get a Raspberry Pi board. They will shortly be invited to place their order on our dedicated RS Raspberry Pi store, and will be despatched to customers on a first-come, first-served basis in line with customer registrations.

As we receive delivery dates for the following batches we will contact those next in line to let them know when they can place an order. This way, you know that when you purchase your Raspberry Pi from RS, we have the stock coming shortly to fulfill your order. When placing an order for the Raspberry Pi, payment and delivery details will be taken, and we’ll let you know when you can expect to receive your Raspberry Pi. An email will then notify you when it has been despatched, along with a tracking number for you to check the status of your delivery.
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I can't imagine this competing against justin beeber videos and ipads. gradeschool kids are gonna want a flashy ipad, not some dull circuit board.
 
Keatah said:
I can't imagine this competing against justin beeber videos and ipads. gradeschool kids are gonna want a flashy ipad, not some dull circuit board.
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I don't see how "justin beeber videos" are a competitor to this product.

Moreover, I don't even really see the ipad as a competitor--it's a completely different target audience.
 
Keatah said:
I can't imagine this competing against justin beeber videos and ipads. gradeschool kids are gonna want a flashy ipad, not some dull circuit board.
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Some of us would have loved to have one of these in gradeschool. The target audience being a minority is a very different situation from the market not existing. ;)

Besides, any kid would prefer an iWhatever over a textbook or slow networked lab computer but we still see plenty of those in school. :shrug:
 
Once they start shipping them, things will go much much smoother. Not having half a million hobbyists on their backs will be a big win.

Once the button is pressed, I expect there will be quite a short wait for the rest.
 
I hope so.

Would have thought they'd sorted this compliance issue long ago, as soon as they had the board design finalised?

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Notebook said:
I hope so.

Would have thought they'd sorted this compliance issue long ago, as soon as they had the board design finalised?

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Their understanding was that it wasn't required (yet) because it is a dev board. RS and E14 probably orginally thought it was too. Then their lawyers got wind and decided that, no, they are a production board. RS and E14 don't want a court case to decide if it need CE or not just because some dumb person does something stupid. If R-Pi decided to sell them themselves, they probably wouldn't have the issue.

That said, in hindsight, it probably would have been wise to look into the compliance issue earlier in the program.
 
Indeed, funny how these things come out at a late stage. Hopefully it gets sorted quick, don't want the raspberry to lose its shine...

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Update, 8.40pm Mar 28: element14 have put out a new update to their FAQ, enlarging on what’s happening with CE compliance. It’s well worth a read – head on over!

Update, 6pm Mar 28: we have spoken with BIS this morning, and they have confirmed that, given the volumes involved and the demographic mix of likely users, any development board exemption is not applicable to us; as a result, even the first uncased developer units of Raspberry Pi will require a CE mark prior to sale in the EU. As we mention below, we are working with RS Components and element14/Premier Farnell to bring Raspberry Pi into a compliant state as soon as is humanly possible.
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http://www.element14.com/community/...frequently-asked-questions-about-raspberry-pi

So that answers part of it.

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I would put money on the first 10k being out before the end of April, with the follow on batches starting in May. By the end of June, I think the backlog will be mostly gone.
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Early pre-compliance work we conducted last week indicated that we were not simply going to be 'lucky' and everything is going to be perfect, but we could see quite clearly that the HDMI was a prime culprit, as expected. (Don’t you just hate being the lead engineer on a project with ‘issues’). However, work that Eben and myself did this week into the wee hours, (sorry Liz), brightened the horizon for me as we could see we were overdriving the HDMI and also had chosen a less than capable cable. (I'm not going to name and shame the supplier - should have bought it from e14!) The Broadcom chip is incredibly versatile and we have some definite options for ripping 10db or more off the key gremlin frequencies. Before you ask, yes, this should be enough.
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As is normal in development, someone else's standard is the problem.
 
It reminds me of my Puppy Linux USB key. Plug it in a school computer, and have fun! It boots up in a few seconds and you have basic operating system.
 
You simply plug it in, and you have a working computer. Of course, my USB key needed a complete computer, but the school is full of that. The Raspberry Pi computer needs a at least a screen, a keyboard and a mouse. So, they do pretty much the same from my point of view.

But, of course, the Raspberry Pi computer is much more impressive.
 
Bibi Uncle said:
You simply plug it in, and you have a working computer. Of course, my USB key needed a complete computer, but the school is full of that. The Raspberry Pi computer needs a at least a screen, a keyboard and a mouse. So, they do pretty much the same from my point of view.
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Let's put it this way: If Puppy Linux supported ARM, you could run Puppy Linux on a Raspberry Pi.
 
However, still no message or order confirmation from either E14 or RS.
 
Its only a matter of time Guv, what could possibly go wrong...?

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