Dos_Box Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 I wonder if this is when they go on sale? Oo Oops, the day the W8 Consumer Preview goes live. I hope they don't get drowned out in the noise that generates.
nickjelly Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 Alarm set. Something tells me I won't be needing that Android alert app now, it won't be quick enough
trevj Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Im intending to get one for me and shoving riscos on it and evaluating for use as a thin client and owt else i can think of I'd be very interested to learn how you get on with this, assuming you're able to order a board!
sted Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 I'd be very interested to learn how you get on with this, assuming you're able to order a board! Its on order as is a 16gb sd card
mac_shinobi Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Oooh now thats an idea...I have a portable TV, so I could shove a few TV shows on there for my daughter for longer shows Good thinking batman...2 RasPi's coming up! lmao USB SD Card reader - store everything on an SD Card , jobs a good un
Jawloms Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Its on order as is a 16gb sd card You may want to order an 8gb in case the 16gb doesn't work. Quote from the guy who made the Raspberry Pi; eben on March 3, 2012 at 1:08 am said: We don’t currently work with some high-capacity class 10 SD cards. There are plenty of 8GB cards that work well, but I’ve not seen many 16GB cards that do. We’re working to develop a fix for this.
mac_shinobi Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 You may want to order an 8gb in case the 16gb doesn't work. Quote from the guy who made the Raspberry Pi; eben on March 3, 2012 at 1:08 am said: We don’t currently work with some high-capacity class 10 SD cards. There are plenty of 8GB cards that work well, but I’ve not seen many 16GB cards that do. We’re working to develop a fix for this. Partition it into two 8gb partitions ?
Turbo-FB Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 You may want to order an 8gb in case the 16gb doesn't work. Quote from the guy who made the Raspberry Pi; eben on March 3, 2012 at 1:08 am said: We don’t currently work with some high-capacity class 10 SD cards. There are plenty of 8GB cards that work well, but I’ve not seen many 16GB cards that do. We’re working to develop a fix for this. I've been working with Liam on the Fedora and Arch download servers. Both images *should* fit on a 2GB card once uncompressed, but a 4GB is recommended by most people we've spoken to as not all 2GB cards seem to be able to take 2GB of data without overlaping or running out of space on partitions. For what its worth I'm buying 4GB cards. Dos_box and ZeroHour will be posting some of our guides and datasheets here over the next few days, two of which cover downloading images and extracting to SD cards. Turbo
Arthur Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 We don’t currently work with some high-capacity class 10 SD cards. There are plenty of 8GB cards that work well, but I’ve not seen many 16GB cards that do. If they are designed to meet the relevant SD card spec, surely the cards would be classed as faulty if they do not work? Or is it because there are lots of fake cards on the market?
sted Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 too late cards in post lol there was naff all price diff between 8 and 16 as above the vids ive seen oin how to install it instaklls as a 2gb partition then gets expanded ext4 iirc my plan is to leav that 2gb and then fat32 the rest of the drive and shove media on it
mac_shinobi Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 bbc news --> BBC News - The Raspberry Pi computer goes on general sale
Guest salan Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Just had a notice from Farrnell to say that I will be waiting until May!! Alan
north-ict Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Just had a notice from Farrnell to say that I will be waiting until May!! Alan Me too
JJonas Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Just had a notice from Farrnell to say that I will be waiting until May!! Alan Has your March/April order just been pushed back to May? Read this! | Raspberry Pi 1
Jawloms Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 You may not have to though! Read the first question in the FAQ; Frequently Asked Questions about Raspberry Pi - element14
north-ict Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Has your March/April order just been pushed back to May? Read this! | Raspberry Pi I feel a tad better now lol thanks !
Guest salan Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 I feel a tad better now lol thanks ! Yep Gald about that. Thanks
sted Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 other than being on order i dont remember being given a date all my e-mail says is you've ordered one pretty much
JJonas Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 (edited) Im still cautiously optimistic I may have one of the first batch from RS, I did register my interest at 6.01 - while most people were tweeting "where is the RS order page?" Still wondering if I should put another order in with Farnell, just to be sure of getting one. Edited March 7, 2012 by JJonas
nickjelly Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Same sort of ordering time as you JJonas. We should find out from RS by the end of this week. However when I read of upwards of 500 orders a second going through it's going to be borderline at the very very best I fear....
LosOjos Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Im still cautiously optimistic I may have one of the first batch from RS, I did register my interest at 6.01 - while most people were tweeting "where is the RS order page?" Still wondering if I should put another order in with Farnell, just to be sure of getting one. I am feeling quite pessimistic about it all. I too sat hitting refresh on both Farnell and RS's sites from the moment the announcement was made, registered my interest with RS as soon as the page came up, only to hear tweeted later by R-Pi "if you're getting the register your interest page, you're looking in the wrong place". I couldn't find any other mention of R-Pi on their site, and people tweeting to ask for the link were denied it. The whole launch has been a bit of a shambles... what happened to them being available from the R-Pi store and no pre-orders? We're now all pre-ordering (effectively, as when they "launched" the suppliers didn't actually possess them) from third parties...
JJonas Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 We will be opening up a bespoke Online Raspberry Pi Store for customers to order their Raspberry Pi Model B boards and all associated accessories. The store will be opened up to customers who have registered with RS, in sequence, according to the time that they registered their interest with us. RS availability and purchasing info update | Raspberry Pi
teejay Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 So it still has the same availability as Hens Teeth and Rocking Horse S:censored:, ah well...
plexer Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 So if they had stuck with the original plan of distributing themselves without letting farnell and RS stick their oars in we'd have pi by now. Ben
LosOjos Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Also, they received the first 2,000 from China on Monday? What was the whopping big lie about the distributors having 10,00 last month about then? My prediction - RasPi will crash and burn before the year is out.
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