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Raspberry Pi

DavidxDavidx Member
edited December 2012 in General

Is it worth buying? Really thinking hard about getting one. How long did/does it usually take to ship?

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  • Is the pope Catholic?

  • I dunno, I have a few other things I want too! AGH hard decisions!

    1. This doesn't need another thread due to this: http://bit.ly/WTC7ek

    2. Mine's running the media server

    3. Yes.

  • Yes, it is worth buying. I'm sure we have all spent $35+sh on something way less cool, and infinitely more useless than a Raspberry Pi. Also, shipping time depends on the supplier, but I got our in a week.

  • @dot_txt said: Yes, it is worth buying. I'm sure we have all spent $35+sh on something way less cool, and infinitely more useless than a Raspberry Pi. Also, shipping time depends on the supplier, but I got our in a week.

    Who did you order from?

  • I got mine for around $35 which included international shipping. Took 1 day from Australia to New Zealand. Not bad...

  • I ordered late last week from Newark.com. It shipped today. They've still got a huge banner on their site saying "Orders placed today will ship before Jan. 6"..

  • Anyone know of a bulk site where I could order 20 at a time?

  • http://www.newark.com
    Give them a call or email.

  • Yeah, how much was shipping for you guys? Newark refuses to show me until I click the order button :/

  • ihatetonyyihatetonyy Member
    edited December 2012

    Newark is fucky about shipping for some reason.

    I chose whatever the cheap shipping option was. When it shipped (to California), they charged me $7.74 -- "UPS 2 Day Air at Ground Rate."

  • Newark wont ship too Austria :(

    Anyone got one they wanna sell me in Europe that will ship to EU?

  • @nikc said: Newark wont ship too Austria :(

    Tried RS?

  • it depend where you live with taxes and shipping would cost like 50-60$ for a canadian wich is way to much for a item that is suposed to be 25$

  • I picked one up, UK, cost me £33 from Farnell I think?

    Took ~3 days to be send out, and shipped the next day.

    Got the 512MB one from the UK factory :) Pretty happy with it.

  • @nikc rs-online.com has worldwide shipping.

  • I picked mine up from MCM electronics out of Ohio. Had it in 2 days.

  • nunimnunim Member
    edited December 2012

    I got my brother one for XMAS, had to go to eBay to get it in time, paid about $50 with shipping. I was tempted to get one myself, but last I had checked the drivers weren't mature so 1080p wasn't really feasible. Have things improved recently? Would make a nice media center pc.

  • Mp4 files in 1080p schuld play smooth.

  • DamianDamian Member
    edited December 2012

    Got mine from @u4ia. Works great, I bought this remote:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/181004950132

    and this USB wifi adapter:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CLMJLU

    And I'm streaming 1080p over N wifi from a CIFS share with no issues.

  • What is everyone using their Raspberry Pi for?

  • I've had one for a couple months, not doing much yet but I've got a few plans. Mostly using the 3D printer at work to make a case for it to fit in my Atrix Webdock.

    Though I have a first gen one which cannot be powered from the USB.

  • netomxnetomx Moderator, Veteran

    mine os gettimg temps from tanks and turning on/off resistors.

  • Going to use mine for police scanner broadcasting.

  • DavidxDavidx Member
    edited December 2012

    Just bought it.. can't wait for it to arrive! ahhh

    I'll probably use it as a media center, then use it to screw around with some stuff.

  • Been using mine as a torrent server (hooked up to an external drive, awesome power efficiency), however I'm looking into its feasibility as a controller for some industry equipment.

  • @pubcrawler said: What is everyone using their Raspberry Pi for?

    A home PBX :-)

  • timberw0lftimberw0lf Member
    edited December 2012

    @pubcrawler said: What is everyone using their Raspberry Pi for?

    I've got a headless web server and proxy server running on one of them. My other one is still sitting in the box. I haven't had the time to mess around with it yet.

  • @bamn said: Anyone know of a bulk site where I could order 20 at a time?

    Farmell/Element 14, RSComponents is horrible

  • I had to end up paying $60 including shipping to Australia, but with an acrylic case.

    Running headless web/proxy/media server, loving it so far.

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