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Title: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Ben. on March 01, 2012, 09:02:58 pm: Opinions etc?

Basically a computer designed to introduce people to the world of programming, and to make them available to people who wouldn't normally be able to afford them...
$25, I mean, bloody hell, awesome price for something like that? Discuss!
http://www.raspberrypi.org/ (http://www.raspberrypi.org/)
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02153/Raspberry-pi_2153834b.jpg)
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Julio. on March 02, 2012, 01:02:34 am: You beat me to it :(
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Ben. on March 02, 2012, 09:22:30 am: Kind of awesome :D
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: b2311e on March 06, 2012, 07:30:39 pm: I was surprised when they announced this; that they mentioned its use in eduction.
I don't know about you, but how many schools will have monitors with HDMI connections?
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Bilbo on March 06, 2012, 07:52:31 pm: For being able to perform as a 1080p HTPC, not a bad price.
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Ben. on March 07, 2012, 01:15:50 am: Quote from: b2311e on March 06, 2012, 07:30:39 pm
I was surprised when they announced this; that they mentioned its use in eduction.
I don't know about you, but how many schools will have monitors with HDMI connections?
Yeah, that did strike me as weird...I've got a HD monitor, but even that is only DVIE...or w/e you call it. The Pi does seem to be missing a step...has the classic AC cables, but skips VGA completely!

Still, there'll be improvements I guess!
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Ted on March 07, 2012, 01:24:06 am: It's about time they started phasing out VGA...
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Ben. on March 07, 2012, 01:27:40 am: But it's cheap and reliable! I have never had any problems... :roll:

I figure, if the Pi is meant to be aimed at a poorer market, then it should be able to connect to cheaper screens :lol:
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Julio. on March 07, 2012, 01:29:00 am: Meh, I cannot personally tell the difference between the different wires in terms of performance, and will not be convinced otherwise :p
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: CaptainCrazy on March 07, 2012, 02:15:29 am: So this little thing could teach one the basics of programming or did I get it wrong?
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Julio. on March 07, 2012, 11:26:17 am: What it is, is just a little mini-computer, which is very cheap, so they can be bought cheaply, and you could teach yourself programming on it etc.

I don't think it teaches you programming by itself :razz:
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: [WS]Jacob on March 10, 2012, 10:28:15 pm: I think it's about time that they taught something more 'advanced' in IT lessons. But hey, some of my teachers can't even word process.
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi - Project
Post by: Ben. on March 11, 2012, 01:33:59 am: Well, it has "Scratch" on it, which teaches very basic programming. It's open source, so google it and you can download it for free :)