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Raspberry Pi Model A Makes First Appearance
An anonymous reader writes "It's easy to forget that the Raspberry Pi currently shipping is the more expensive model of the board. It is actually called the Model B as it sports more features than the $25 Model A. The main differences [compared to the B model] include a lack of an Ethernet port and the associated networking chip, as well as the presence of only one USB port instead of two. There was originally going to be less memory on the Model A (128MB instead of 256MB), but the Raspberry Pi Foundation managed to make enough cost savings during a redesign to increase the amount to 256MB on the cheaper version. With all the focus being on the Model B, we haven't actually seen the (near) final Model A board yet. But that changes today, as Eben Upton has just shown off the $25 board."
let me sign up now and wait 6 fucking months if I am one of the lucky ones. Then instead of getting updates on orders I can read about how I should vote for the team being so damned awesome in yet another web e-peen contest! Or read about them doing the maker faire tour instead of getting us some fucking documentation so we dont blow the GPIO ports on the rare, impossible to get chunk of crap, which they are currently clueless about.
PI FOREVER
second thought, fuck that, you can get a better board for not that much more, and wont get ass raped on shipping