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For those who've never heard of this (you must live under a rock) it's a small basic Linux based computer that cost about $35.
I wish I had kept my electronic kits from Radio Shack...

Here are some interesting use for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MocIb-Ya8ms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4TvH1ohcCus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5npkz0xY1fo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yZkz_a52I6s

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xeano321
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Oh boy!! $35 for a hunk of junk... Actually, I might buy one. Probably better then my PC right now. =P

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Well I must be Patrick Star all of a sudden cause I've never heard of this object.

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it's a small basic Linux based computer that cost about $35.


it must suck

(you must live under a rock)


yup i live under a rock with actually
good
computers, unlike the linux

P.S your links have failed
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P.S your links have failed

I just tested them and they work fine on my laptop.
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it must suck


It's meant as a teaching implement for children, and to engage them on computer science. Raspberry Pi is not meant as a replacement for our main computers, so no it doesn't ''suck'', it's a milestone. And it can be programmed to do sweet neat tasks.
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so no it doesn't ''suck'', it's a milestone.


no man, their are so many other computers like that out there. my school has loads of them. my old school had loads of them.
netbooks
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no man, their are so many other computers like that out there. my school has loads of them. my old school had loads of them.


It's not a netbook.

This is Raspberry Pi.

http://cdn01.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/raspberrypi.jpg
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I'm really fascinated by this though (link previously posted)
Raspberry Pi Laptop with Atrix 4G Dock
I think it was a great concept. I wonder why it didn't work with the original idea.

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I found this review on the Atrix 4G Dock.
=3771">http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=7633&amp=3771
BTW, my GF got a bluetooth keyboard for her Ipad I bought her for Christmas.
It really turns it into a netbook. I think it's actually cool.

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Because back then, having such power would entail a computer half the size of your room!

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I think it's actually cool


Sure it might seem cool, but how long will it last? Is there a warranty? It seems like a joke gift almost....
Well, who am I to judge. I have a Windows 7, and its not broken so why should i complain. It might be good,though, if my computer broke. Well, you know until I can purchase a good one.
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Because back then, having such power would entail a computer half the size of your room!

Yup, power equaled big and expensive back theni xD
I just miss that time when I used to go to Radio Shack and bought diodes, LEDs, resistors, PCB boards, threw them in my backpack and rode my bike to my bro so we could make alarms, radios, amplifiers and other fun electronic things (big time nostalgic with a lump in my throat).
If I were the same age now and I had a Raspberry Pi I think I would go nuts. xD
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Come on people, my thread is going in the toilet!
Does anyone own one (not a toilet, a Raspberry Pi)? What have you done with it?
I'd like to know. I might buy one eventually.

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