The Raspberry Pi, not yet in full production, is supposed to sell for $25. It features a 700MHz ARM11 processor, 128MB of SDRAM, HDMI video output, a USB 2.0 port, and can run an OS like Ubuntu. It can even handle Quake III.
This $3,000 Pi, however, is one of the first ten pre-production units to be made, all of which are being auctioned on eBay in order to raise money for charity. The Raspberry Pi foundation plan to plough the money they raise into delivering the tiny computers to schools. The idea is to encourage kids to get to grips with coding and open-source software, which is an amazing idea. More here.
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This is actually pretty damn cool. I swear if I was rich I'd be tempted. It's for a good cause as well which makes it even better in my opinion haha.
getting kids into this stuff at a young age is a great idea.
I will sell him my computer as well.
That sounds so silly!
Great blog! Following you now!
Seems a bit pricey for what it is lol, but if you have the money then why not I guess.
That's quite a temptation.
OMFG. I want it
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Looks mint eh and doing it for the kids :) +following
great post!
25$? I'll have one!
Whoa, that's a pretty good cause there.
huh, nice cause i suppose
That's crazy.
Cool, will have to get one when they are 25 dollars.
This is awesome! I will be following daily!
I really wanted to buy one of these. Can't wait to buy it at the ordinary price.
Great idea....I miss coding
YES PLEASE! America needs to keep up with the times! all the lazy children who can barely work their I PODS! madening. I hope this makes a little army of coding 13 year olds.
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