Frankly, I am not sure how many people actually have a good use for their Pi. I've got one, and I am struggling to find a use. I already have a NAS, so stuff li

Frankly, I am not sure how many people actually have a good use for their Pi. I've got one, and I am struggling to find a use. I already have a NAS, so stuff like home automation and whatever I would first try to run via the NAS to limit the amount of computers that suck power. In fact there is already a number of computers in my household that I could hack instead of the Pi. The router, the Wii, the TV, tablets, smartphones, older phones... - they all have small Linux computers embedded and often there are homebrew projects going on to make them hackable. Right now there is also a plethora of new devices coming out that are also very cheap. For example, I have bookmarked the TP-Link TL-MR3020 Portable 3G/3.75G Wireless-LAN Router (http://tinyurl.com/akpbwb6 http://tinyurl.com/akpbwb6 ) which somebody blogged about - not sure what kind of CPU it has, but it is 30€ (about the same as the Pi), comes with a box, power cable, WiFi and 3G. Presumably very cheap tablets (include a screen) are coming out of China, too. Don't get me wrong, I think the Pi is super cute and it inspires me and makes me want to do something with it. What I mean to say is that I suspect it has become a hit just like other hits: by luck and random chance.