The day that the Raspberry Pi launched: 29 February 2012 the 10,000 units sold out in 1.5 hours. After 6 years of development it must have been a great moment for those behind the development of the world's cheapest computer.
So what is it? The Raspberry Pie is a credit-card sized computer board. No screen, no laptop, no case (though one may be coming later). Hell there's not even the standard battery used to keep the internal clock working when the power is cut.
Its not very pretty - in fact its the exact opposite fo the oh so elegant, pretty and expensive Apple computers that we are all so familiar with.
Are you tempted by the Raspberry Pi? Would you buy it for your kid?
Lol, the memories! I was one of those crazy geeks back in the 80s ;-) Looks also like a great way to make computers accessible to people / countries that couldn't afford them otherwise. You could outfit a whole school in a third world country for a fraction of what it costs now ...
We weren't quick enough to get one of the first batch yesterday, but yes we'll be getting one. It seems much more complicated that the Sinclair Spectrum I learned to program on! My older son will be 6 later this year, it's about time he learned to code!