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I dunno, you can buy 5 $35 raspberry pis for the price of one $200 pandaboard. $200 approaches the territory of being plausibly enough to build or purchase a fu

by nickbp 14y ago

I dunno, you can buy 5 $35 raspberry pis for the price of one $200 pandaboard. $200 approaches the territory of being plausibly enough to build or purchase a full PC.

shardling 14y ago
I imagine the comment was aimed at those who already have pandaboards. It wasn't a salespitch.
freehunter 14y ago
I was quite disappointed in my RPi buying experience, living in the US. I'm still waiting for it to arrive (despite preordering the minute the sites came back online). They notified me that it was being shipped a couple weeks ago, told me that shipping would be about 12 weeks. The exchange rate threw me for a heck of a shock, with my RPi costing about $50 minus shipping. The RPi might be the soup du jour, but it's an incredibly frustrating device to get your hands on. At least the Pandaboard can be placed in my hands; for all I know the RPi might not even exist at all.
- tankbot 14y ago
  Wow, where did you order yours? I have 2 of them, one each from the 2 places taking preorders on day 1 and I wasn't first in line or anything. I got both of mine about the middle of June and they didn't cost any more than expected.
  - freehunter 14y ago
    I got mine from RS, preordered the week it went on sale. My cousin ordered his a month later and got it last month. 12 week shipping to the midwest. Crazy.
    - jgeralnik 14y ago
      I orderer from RS in the first week and got it months ago for a total cost of $41 including shipping to Israel.
      - freehunter 14y ago
        The price difference is due to 35GBP = 55USD currently. To quote the email I received: "Delivery Type Desc Standard Delivery (Despatch expected within 12 week(s))"
        jgeralnik 14y ago
        Right, but the theoretical price of a pi is 35USD, not 35GBP.
  - mechnik 14y ago
    Just checked several vendors listed on www.raspberrypi.org and none are available presently.
tracker1 14y ago
Have to agree... at $200, and AMD E-350 ITX board + 8GB of ram is cheaper, and more capable.
st3fan 14y ago
True. But you get what you pay for. The Raspberry Pi is extremely low end. Slow CPU, tiny bit of memory. If that works for you then awesome. However, if you want something that is more in line with today's mid to high end phones then the Pandaboard probably comes closer.

by nickbp 14y ago

I dunno, you can buy 5 $35 raspberry pis for the price of one $200 pandaboard. $200 approaches the territory of being plausibly enough to build or purchase a full PC.

shardling 14y ago

I imagine the comment was aimed at those who already have pandaboards. It wasn't a salespitch.

freehunter 14y ago

I was quite disappointed in my RPi buying experience, living in the US. I'm still waiting for it to arrive (despite preordering the minute the sites came back online). They notified me that it was being shipped a couple weeks ago, told me that shipping would be about 12 weeks. The exchange rate threw me for a heck of a shock, with my RPi costing about $50 minus shipping. The RPi might be the soup du jour, but it's an incredibly frustrating device to get your hands on. At least the Pandaboard can be placed in my hands; for all I know the RPi might not even exist at all.

tankbot 14y ago
Wow, where did you order yours? I have 2 of them, one each from the 2 places taking preorders on day 1 and I wasn't first in line or anything. I got both of mine about the middle of June and they didn't cost any more than expected.
- freehunter 14y ago
  I got mine from RS, preordered the week it went on sale. My cousin ordered his a month later and got it last month. 12 week shipping to the midwest. Crazy.
  - jgeralnik 14y ago
    I orderer from RS in the first week and got it months ago for a total cost of $41 including shipping to Israel.
    - freehunter 14y ago
      The price difference is due to 35GBP = 55USD currently. To quote the email I received: "Delivery Type Desc Standard Delivery (Despatch expected within 12 week(s))"
      - jgeralnik 14y ago
        Right, but the theoretical price of a pi is 35USD, not 35GBP.
- mechnik 14y ago
  Just checked several vendors listed on www.raspberrypi.org and none are available presently.

tracker1 14y ago

Have to agree... at $200, and AMD E-350 ITX board + 8GB of ram is cheaper, and more capable.

st3fan 14y ago

True. But you get what you pay for. The Raspberry Pi is extremely low end. Slow CPU, tiny bit of memory. If that works for you then awesome. However, if you want something that is more in line with today's mid to high end phones then the Pandaboard probably comes closer.