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Raspberry Pi Has Gone To Manufacturing

Posted by Soulskill on from the bake-until-golden-brown dept.

alecclews writes "After weeks of waiting, the Raspberry Pi foundation, who are creating a $25 computer to bootstrap computing education, has flipped the switch on manufacturing. They had wanted to build the board in the UK but it turns out to be uneconomic."

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  1. Re:Not vapourware! by PRMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Install DOSBox on your Raspberry Pi.

    2. Install Windows 95/98 in DOSBox. Windows 95 on DosBox guide.

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  2. Re:Not vapourware! by Edmund+Blackadder · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know, seriously. We need Windows on this. What will I do without 5 minute start-up times and without having to restart the thing twice per day??? My crochet work will seriously suffer. Also I am going to be pissed if I get one of these and I do not have 25 pieces of crap-ware I have to remove before the computer becomes usable. Those crap-ware cleanings are an integral part of my budhist training.

    And wait. What happens after I own it for a while? Will it slowly slow down and degrade until I have to buy a new one after a year? Or will it run just fine like I hear those "Lin-sux" computers do. Are you telling me I might be using the same computer for many years? What are we, savages?

  3. Re:Not vapourware! by Nethead · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just what I need, Clippy asking if I need help setting up a BGP peer. :)

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