28 Jun
2012
28 Jun
'12
12:57 p.m.
> As am
I. People are talking about it like it's the first small form
> factor Linux machine.
Price. That's what's exciting about it. The Rpi board is only part of what you need. You
also need a PSU,
keyboard, mouse, USB hub, SD card and some kind of monitor. Even without the
last, that would essentailyl double the cost of the device. Please don't
tell me I can find those extras in the trash/junk box. I can't. My junk
box doesn't contain PC bits. It does contain enugh to build a computer
from scatch though.
But most normal people who might be interested *do* have all of those. And then there's the OS. From what I
understnad the Rpi doesn't come wit
hthe OS. You have to download it onto an SD card yourself. That's a major
problem for me.
If downloading it and putting it onto an SD card is too difficult, then from what I remembr, you could buy a BBC micro, plug it
into the mains,
plug it into a TV and start using it. You didn't have to pvodie
all sorts
of extras, downlaad software, etc to get it to work.
The
docuemantion is attrocious. I couldn't find a schematic, or a real
hardware manual.
Errm, what consumer electronics comes with a schematic these days? The the extreme
cheapness is what is driving people.
That must be it. See below.