Pi in the sky. ?

[ElasticMan 10]

But this is just a tiny usb device, no monitor, no mouse, no keyboard.

I told you i don't get it.

 

No - this IS the computer.

 

You plug the monitor, mouse and keyboard into it.

[nubile 10]

No - this IS the computer.

 

You plug the monitor, mouse and keyboard into it.

 

Where's the hard drive, and don't tell me it's onboard graphics only.

[upinwath 10]

Where's the hard drive, and don't tell me it's onboard graphics only.

 

Its not designed to be a high spec machine.

Its designed to be cheap and available to anyone.

Hard drive? There's an SD card slot for starters and 2 USB ports.

I can see a potential for a bit of storage there.

 

The moment I can get one, I will. Probably two or three. My language lab can have one, my upstairs TV gets another as a cheap media player and one to mess around with or just pop on the downstairs TV, networked to everything else, including a hard drive.

 

What was that about storage?

[stimpy 10]

Hmmmm interesting.

 

I might look into this for the car. I was looking for a low cost solution for an incar pc.....

[upinwath 10]

Hmmmm interesting.

 

I might look into this for the car. I was looking for a low cost solution for an incar pc.....

 

Now there goes a poster with imagination.

[Bonjon 10]

Its not designed to be a high spec machine.

Its designed to be cheap and available to anyone.

Hard drive? There's an SD card slot for starters and 2 USB ports.

I can see a potential for a bit of storage there.

 

The moment I can get one, I will. Probably two or three. My language lab can have one, my upstairs TV gets another as a cheap media player and one to mess around with or just pop on the downstairs TV, networked to everything else, including a hard drive.

 

What was that about storage?

 

do you already have the s/w to create a media player?

 

if you use Linux will the machine also be powerfull enough to play HD?

 

I will prob stick to my htpc,s that are already in every room.

Edited December 28, 2011 by Bonjon

[CompSpud 10]

do you already have the s/w to create a media player?

 

if you use Linux will the machine also be powerfull enough to play HD?

 

I will prob stick to my htpc,s that are already in every room.

 

It has a HDMI out. I was watching a youtube video about it, You can still watch full HD films on it.

[upinwath 10]

This has so much potential, it could be massive.

Let's hope they get the backing to get it into mass production.

I know schools in poor villages will love this one.

[RootsBooster 24]

Looks good to me too. Years ago I did a Visual Basic course, can't remember any of it now though. Wondering if this might be able to get be back into coding a little.

 

If not, like Upinwath and others have said, still lots of great uses for such a low price.

[John 11]

I'll get one as soon as someone posts a step by step guide on building a MAME machine using this device.

[altus 540]

I'll get one as soon as someone posts a step by step guide on building a MAME machine using this device.

 

The whole point of them is to encourage people to tinker and discover that sort of thing for themselves.

 

I suppose you could get one for a 12 year old and get them to figure it out for you.

[andyofborg 11]

Apply osx is linux based

 

that is based on one of the BSD unixes not linux