First Run of Raspberry Pi Boards To Be Completed Feb 20th

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday February 7, 2012 @01:47AM from the hurry-up-and-take-the-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Raspberry Pi has confirmed the first batch of $35 PCs will be constructed on February 20. They've also coaxed Broadcom into releasing the datasheet for the board. Apparently the company hit a snag with the quartz crystal package so there was a manufacturing delay, but it's since been resolved and things are on schedule for later this month." From the announcements: "Eben and I may be going to China to make sure that the boards can be brought up properly for that date if necessary. We’ll be airfreighting them to the UK immediately, so you should be able to buy them before the end of the month."

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Not constructed - Completed by The+Jynx · 2012-02-07 02:02 · Score: 4, Informative

Raspberry Pi has confirmed the first batch of $35 PCs will be constructed on February 20
To save any ambiguity, the actual release says:

The good news is that this finally means we have a date for the first batch: the boards will be finished on February 20
Re:Hot damn, it's about time by stevenvi · 2012-02-07 02:02 · Score: 4, Informative
Read up on it for more information. This is my understanding of it:
- The Model A (128 MB RAM, no ethernet port) is $25
- The Model B (256 MB RAM, ethernet port) is $35
The first run is of the Model B, as they anticipate more people are interested in that set of hardware. Their FAQ likely provides more in-depth information that what I have provided here.