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It's a cute idea but the contents of the box isn't really that much different from what you'd find inside the box of an iPad or....Microsoft Surface or any othe
by djhworld 13y ago
It's a cute idea but the contents of the box isn't really that much different from what you'd find inside the box of an iPad or....Microsoft Surface or any other piece of consumer electronics.
All this seems to be doing is taking most of the burden of having to source a keyboard, mouse and monitor if you want to use the Pi as a dedicated machine.
I'm not knocking that, it's just calling it "building a computer" seems wrong.
EDIT: I was probably being a bit harsh, it does seem like it's aimed at children. It looks like the booklets that come with it explain aspects of the Pi in a language children can warm to.
- fat0wl 13y agoNah don't be so hard on yourself. This was posted weeks ago and everyone determined it sucks but HN is half just a garbage dump for free advertising of any piece of crummy tech that claims to be part of the maker zeitgeist, so IT'S BACK!!!
- ChuckMcM 13y agoOk, definitely out harshed the GP. :-) I'm surprised the AdaFruit folks haven't yet created a Pi bundle like this, there closest [1] is more HW oriented. The kickstarter is pitched more toward the software development than the 'maker' development (aka controlled LEDs and stuff). [1] http://www.adafruit.com/products/1014 http://www.adafruit.com/products/1014
- fat0wl 13y agoit's nice to just harsh it out now & then! ;) gotta be polite to the open-source guys but why keep up the facade for these opportunists?