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Received an email this morning inviting me to buy my Raspberry Pi







Just noticed the housing for them... think the transparent one looks best, need to see the board !








Anyone already got theirs ? Any tips / ideas / fun things to do once it arrives ? (10 weeks )

[The Laughing Man]

The transparent one looks like an ugly USB hub lol

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The Laughing Man, on 22 June 2012 - 12:14, said:

The transparent one looks like an ugly USB hub lol

lol true.. need to show off the size of the board though

[AbandonedTrolley]

I've got two and plan on giving one away in a case with Raspbmc on the SD card.

[threetonesun]

Got any plans for it?

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threetonesun, on 22 June 2012 - 12:21, said:

Got any plans for it?

Initially was thinking of making a tiny media centre from it that could stick to the side of any tv, would need to find a compatible usb wireless drive for it though

Not really sure yet, maybe a take anywhere PC, thats why I made the thread to get some ideas

[+BudMan]

Have not gotten my email yet

But that clear case looks like crap imho, I like the black better.

I am not sure exactly what I will do with mine yet, but one of the projects will be a replacement for my starting to get a bit old popcorn hour a110.

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BudMan, on 22 June 2012 - 12:30, said:

Have not gotten my email yet

But that clear case looks like crap imho, I like the black better.

I am not sure exactly what I will do with mine yet, but one of the projects will be a replacement for my starting to get a bit old popcorn hour a110.

I'm sure mine will end up being many different things before settling on something

When did you register interest ? There's a guide to work out when you`ll be invited here

[+BudMan]

Mine was at the US site, just looked at email got back when registered and it was dated

Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:36:18 -0700

So from that I should of gotten mine yesterday as well

But thats from the UK site? I registered on the US site http://www.alliedelec.com/RaspberryPi/

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The email I got with the link says: Your date of registration was 11/04 (Feels like longer ago though)

And yea it was a UK site that had that delivery guide on it

http://uk.rs-online....questions#Queue

[Storm]

Iev had mine around a month now, not done anything with it though

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Storm, on 22 June 2012 - 13:17, said:

Iev had mine around a month now, not done anything with it though

How long after ordering it (Paying for it) did it arrive ?

[Hum]

Isn't that fattening ?

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Hum, on 22 June 2012 - 13:23, said:

Isn't that fattening ?

But it's finger lickin' good

[glyfz]

Had mine for about a month. Until video drivers have been developed it runs a bit like treacle, not that I'm surprised I expected it, earlier adopters are really beta testers and I knew that when I bought it. But because of this I doubt you'll be using it as a media centre in the immediate future, it will work but the experience won't be pleasant even browsing the web brings it to its knees.

As for cases, because it has connectors on every side it really limits how they are designed so there aren't really that many choices (well there are but many are basically the same). I personally wouldn't choose an open one.

You'll also likely find that you'll end up wanting/needing a powered USB hub, practically any add on takes too much power and makes the system unstable. If you do then get a decent amperage one and the PSU can power both the hub and the pi.


Last thing I presume you've read not to use anything above a class 4 sd card, 10's almost definitely won't work.