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$300 seems outrageously expensive for something like this. $300 is enough for a chromebook, an arduino (or a raspberry pi!), and a boatload of motors and servo
by blhack 11y ago
$300 seems outrageously expensive for something like this.
$300 is enough for a chromebook, an arduino (or a raspberry pi!), and a boatload of motors and servos and things that they're going to enjoy learning to program with.
This thing doesn't even look like it exposes the GPIO pins. So, really, it's a $300 for a pretty low end arm linux machine.
Pi-top people: if you're reading this, I'm sorry if that sounds overly harsh. The thing you've created is a really nice looking, and is definitely something I would love to buy a stack of an put in my hackerspace, but at that price point, I can't justify it. It isn't that I don't like what you've done, it's that I do like what you've done, I just think it is overpriced.
- mark_l_watson 11y agoI agree with you, great idea but too expensive. I was hoping for something really inexpensive that a student (or hobbyist) could pop in a Raspberry Pi, and a laptop, take the Pi out for experimenting, etc. I am travelling with a small $190 HP Stream (running Linux) and for this low price I have a full on computer. I am working on my new Haskell book right now and I don't miss my more powerful Linux laptop or MacBook that I left at home. The Raspberry Pi is a powerful enough device to get work done on, and a $100 laptop case for it would be a great product.
- devopsproject 11y ago$300 is enough for an actual computer.
- analog31 11y agoIndeed, it's enough for a cheap notebook plus a Raspberry Pi, connected together via a remote desktop connection.