[Lab] Raspberry Pi

[Tom Burns]

:-O

Crap! Thanks Marinus!

I will not be doing a bulk order.  I did not see that in the FAQ.  Good
luck to all of you :)

Tom

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Marinus Swanepoel <
marinuswanepoel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to do a group order? From their FAQ page:
>
> How many can I buy in one go?
>> For the first batch we are limiting orders to one per person. This
>> restriction will be relaxed as production gets in to full swing, and we can
>> be sure of getting boards to all who want them. This should prevent eBay
>> scalping (to some extent – we will also be auctioning some boards ourselves
>> to try to make sure there’s no market for scalpers), and ensure that as
>> many different individuals as possible get their Raspberry Pi!
>
>
> If yes, I'm in for one (preferably a Model B -- the one with Ethernet).
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ship date for the Raspberry Pi is Feb 20th.
>>
>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/615
>>
>> I am still planning on doing the bulk order but will be out of town that
>> day as it's Family Day weekend.  If they offer preorders earlier then we'll
>> be ok but otherwise is anyone else in a position to be willing to do the
>> order on Monday?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tom
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Nigel Vezeau <nigel_vezeau at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I'll take one too if you're doing the bulk thing.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Nigel Vezeau
>>>
>>>    *From:* Jean-Marc LeBlanc <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* Mark Stephenson <mark.b.stephenson at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc:* lab at artengine.ca; Michael Lechasseur <mlecha at artengine.ca>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:46:44 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Lab] Raspberry Pi
>>>
>>> me too
>>>
>>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>>> ---
>>>
>>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Mark Stephenson
>>> <mark.b.stephenson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Count me in for one unit if you go ahead with a bulk order.
>>> >
>>> > Mark Stephenson
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> If shipping's expensive, and they allow bulk orders, I'd be willing to
>>> >> organize a group buy when they're available.
>>> >>
>>> >> The only thing I'd like to do is have everyone say how many they want
>>> now
>>> >> (or soon) so that the moment they become available I know the number
>>> to
>>> >> order.
>>> >>
>>> >> Tom
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Paul & Andrea Mumby <
>>> themumbys at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Yeah I definitely intend on picking a few up. I have several
>>> projects in
>>> >>> mind which will use them as controllers.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Also I want to use one as a Media PC to replace my giant clunky
>>> fullsize
>>> >>> PC in my livingroom.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> - Paul
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Michael Lechasseur <
>>> mlecha at artengine.ca>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Anyone following/interested in this new board coming out the of the
>>> UK
>>> >>>> for $25? (http://www.raspberrypi.org/)
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TgR74Kp6Ws4
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The computer has hardware video decoding on board. "The GPU is
>>> capable of
>>> >>>> BluRay quality playback, using H.264 at 40MBits/s."
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Powered by a 5V microUSB so should be real good on power for an
>>> always on
>>> >>>> device.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Saw another video demoing XBMC (Xbox Media Center) on the device.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Should be for sale in a week or two.
>>> >>>>
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