Noshing on Raspberry Pi

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Noshing on Raspberry Pi

There’s a quiet revolution taking place in the world of electronics and it’s being led by ordinary people, writes Alistair Fairweather.

 

[poorestguy]

revolutionary? me?

i just wanted xbmc on a super cheap pc

 

[ozziej]

Anywhere besides mantech you can buy them in JHB? Don't want the pain of importing myself...

 

[Avenue]

Where have you guys bought your pi's from?

 

[Dylan_G]

Looking for a Pi on the cheap too

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[sparticus]

Where can I get one in CT ? Tried the international route twice and was let down by peeps. Gave up already months ago of ever owning one. Kinda lost little interest to be honest

 

[TheGuy]

This is awesome I wish I had something like this growing up. I was forced to tinker on our family computer which I always ended up breaking.

 

[Nuro]

I really wan't to buy one, but the lead times are insane last time I checked

 

[Tns]

how much are they and from where?

 

[Knayda]

Post office have lost mine ( or something )

ordered the original one about 12 weeks ago , it got delayed but I got the upgraded 512mb version. it was dispatched and I never got it.

but the nice people are sending me another one for FREE imagine that. ( although its taking forever)

oh mine is coming from RS Electronics in the UK

 

[Niren_M]

Bought mine from RS Computers, paid over R800 including import duties and VAT. Loaded Openelec, and now running XBMC through it. Controlling Openelec via XBMC remote control app loaded on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Works like a charm. Can even download add ons to Openelec (Video streaming, internet radio, News, etc, etc)

Well worth the investment.

 

[saffakanera]

Anywhere besides mantech you can buy them in JHB? Don't want the pain of importing myself...

RS Electronics South Africa? I bought one 2 weeks ago, got it a week ago. R509 for Raspberry Pi, Power unit, and R75 for courrier.

 

[kidcolt]

Anywhere besides mantech you can buy them in JHB? Don't want the pain of importing myself...

I tried buying my 2nd Pi from Farnell the day before yesterday, and saw that they no longer ship directly to SA but rather re-direct you to their local supplier http://www.eexpress.co.za/.

 

[krycor]

Anyone know of the replica types that came out supporting ubuntu with a bit more RAM? I remember there was a chinese one with 1GB RAM and other goodies to make it beefy

 

[AfricanTech]

Got mine ages ago - from when the original orders opened up - had it up and running, then moved rooms - need to reconnect and setup openelec I think

 

[Avenue]

Bought mine from RS Computers, paid over R800 including import duties and VAT.

wow, that's expensive. Where do they get the R250 figure from?

Just look at the Raspberry Pi. It’s barely bigger than a credit card and costs less than R250

 

[AfricanTech]

wow, that's expensive. Where do they get the R250 figure from?

That's more or less what I paid - maybe he ordered a box (built mine out of lego) , power supply (used an old cellphone charger) and memory card (had one left over from older camera) as well

 

[boswald]

I really wan't to buy one, but the lead times are insane last time I checked

I bought one last year. Took me 6 months to get it. And I paid double the R250 as mentioned in this article. Bought from RS Components.

 

[Dylan_G]

That's more or less what I paid - maybe he ordered a box (built mine out of lego) , power supply (used an old cellphone charger) and memory card (had one left over from older camera) as well

You bought yours from ?...

 

[gregmcc]

Got my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Pi from RS - all around R250 excluding VAT on import.