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You can buy 5 Raspberry Pis for every 1 Chromebook. It may not be better but it's much cheaper. In my opinion, I think a second hand mac is going to be much be

by chippy 12y ago

You can buy 5 Raspberry Pis for every 1 Chromebook. It may not be better but it's much cheaper. In my opinion, I think a second hand mac is going to be much better than a brand new Pi for a child to learn on... You'd also benefit from having a somewhat similar hardware system rather than having a multiple of different laptops with different specs, ports etc.

ad_hominem 12y ago
> You can buy 5 Raspberry Pis for every 1 Chromebook Not really though. Once you add the SD card, case, and USB power supply, you're at at least $80 (I know because I own one and that's what I had to buy). Once you add the keyboard, mouse, and monitor to be on parity with the Chromebook you'll be lucky to be under $200.
- LaikaF 12y ago
  The one advantage is that the pis are likely cheap enough that the kid can take them with them. I assume most of them have a TV at home, and a mouse and keyboard can be found free or under ten bucks. That said Chromebooks would likely be the better answer then Raspi or Macbooks.