Ever heard of the $25 computer?

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DanyD

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Its a super tiny computer, the size of a flash drive that has single-board computer that’s capable of rendering video games like Quake 3 at a 1920-by-1080 pixel monitor resolution. Sounds cool? wait till you see how small it is. (see attached file)

its called The Raspberry Pi computer. Some of you might encounter articles for it and other info. I shared this because I wanna know what you guys think of it? So little device that's actually a working computer this could be a big industry in the future.

Lets talk about it first hand here in this thread. Share your thoughts and updates about it cause I know I'd like to get my hands on one of those when its released for public use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
 

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Yes, I've seen it come up a few times on various boards. So far as I know, it's just a prototype and not actually available (Wikipedia article says Q4 2011). Until it's actually available for us to get our hands on, I consider it vaporware.

I also have a problem with labeling it a $25 PC since you have to add keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc... to actually use it.

It's pretty cool though and when/if it is actually available for $25 I'll probably get one to play with.
 
too bad it can't be that small, you're forgetting about having any form of memory to use, enough ram for the os to run which is like 1gb (more for a game), then a processor and gpu fast enough to run quake 3. not to mention for $25. i wouldn't trust this at all until i see one myself. although it does sound cool.
 
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jonnyp11 said:
too bad it can't be that small, you're forgetting about having any form of memory to use, enough ram for the os to run which is like 1gb (more for a game), then a processor and gpu fast enough to run quake 3. not to mention for $25. i wouldn't trust this at all until i see one myself. although it does sound cool.
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It uses SOCs. It's much like what you find in a cell phone.

700mhz ARM
128/256 mb ram
Broadcom GPU
linux OS
Uses SD for storage.

Trust me, it's real. It's no windows 7 using monster but for a child or something it's more than enough for simple tasks.
 
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jonnyp11 said:
too bad it can't be that small, you're forgetting about having any form of memory to use, enough ram for the os to run which is like 1gb (more for a game), then a processor and gpu fast enough to run quake 3. not to mention for $25. i wouldn't trust this at all until i see one myself. although it does sound cool.
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Of course it can be that small. Don't you think that's what people said when a computers took up an entire room just to be a fraction as powerful as today's cell phones?

And what do you make of smart phones anyway? They have ram, storage space, cpu's, etc. And yes, it's very possible to create an APU with enough graphics capabilities to run quake 3. You are too close minded.
 
after a couple mins i remembered what quake 3 was and its age and all, and to me the pic looked like windows to me, that was my main problem with it, but yes that sounds right, didn't really think about that stuff much. also the board in that pic and the one on the wiki look a good bit different size wise, the wiki one looks alot wider mainly.
 
jonnyp11 said:
after a couple mins i remembered what quake 3 was and its age and all, and to me the pic looked like windows to me, that was my main problem with it, but yes that sounds right, didn't really think about that stuff much. also the board in that pic and the one on the wiki look a good bit different size wise, the wiki one looks alot wider mainly.
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The picture in the wiki is of the alpha hardware. This is the size it will be:

raspberry-pi-low-cost-pc.jpg
 
jonnyp11 said:
too bad it can't be that small, you're forgetting about having any form of memory to use, enough ram for the os to run which is like 1gb (more for a game), then a processor and gpu fast enough to run quake 3. not to mention for $25. i wouldn't trust this at all until i see one myself. although it does sound cool.
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who said you need 1GB ram for an OS!!!
let be honest 90% of computers just browse :)
as a thin client setup it work wonders.
 
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