Rasberry pi 2

[Spev]

http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/02/raspberry-pi-2/

 

Was just wondering what kinda stuff you can do with this thing? I had looked into it in the past, this new one seems like it's a big improvement so I was thinking about picking it up when it's released.

[ShadowCaptain]

http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/02/raspberry-pi-2/

 

Was just wondering what kinda stuff you can do with this thing? I had looked into it in the past, this new one seems like it's a big improvement so I was thinking about picking it up when it's released.

 

Wow tempted to get one of these, decent upgrade

[KemoKa]

http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/02/raspberry-pi-2/

 

Was just wondering what kinda stuff you can do with this thing? I had looked into it in the past, this new one seems like it's a big improvement so I was thinking about picking it up when it's released.

Wow, that's pretty good. Quad-core, 900MHz microcomputer that you can do THINGS with. I am tempted to buy one, even though I have no money. It's TINY!

This will actually be really useful for a lot of things.

[QueenDemetria]

Want! I was getting tired of how slow my pi was, this should do the trick .

[Spev]

Want! I was getting tired of how slow my pi was, this should do the trick .

 

 

Wow, that's pretty good. Quad-core, 900MHz microcomputer that you can do THINGS with. I am tempted to buy one, even though I have no money. It's TINY!

This will actually be really useful for a lot of things.

What do you guys do with yours? I am thinking of getting one but I want to actually do something useful with it if I'm going to spend the money lol.

[KemoKa]

Want! I was getting tired of how slow my pi was, this should do the trick .

A lot of want. I wish the CPU had an IHS so I could stick a cooler to it and OC it a little bit. Imagine what you could do!

[Decon]

Being a huge pi fan, this is very exciting

[Spev]

A lot of want. I wish the CPU had an IHS so I could stick a cooler to it and OC it a little bit. Imagine what you could do!

OMG overclocking a pi!  :lol:

[KemoKa]

What do you guys do with yours? I am thinking of getting one but I want to actually do something useful with it if I'm going to spend the money lol.

I've never actually had one. I'm still a poor student. I have a powerful gaming computer, but there's nothing really that I've ever had to use a Raspberry Pi for. I'd really like to get into it, though.

 

And I mean, come on, it's not really that much, I mean $35 for a full-blown computer!

It's not bad!

[KemoKa]

OMG overclocking a pi!  :lol:

I've heard of people doing it, but I don't remember what happened. I expect the power delivery probably isn't robust enough.

[SuperPug]

Perfect media center... i need dis!

[Spev]

I've never actually had one. I'm still a poor student. I have a powerful gaming computer, but there's nothing really that I've ever had to use a Raspberry Pi for. I'd really like to get into it, though.

 

And I mean, come on, it's not really that much, I mean $35 for a full-blown computer!

It's not bad!

I wonder how fast it would be as like a daily computer just for checking email. Do you need to attach storage? It seems too small to "have it all".

[QueenDemetria]

What do you guys do with yours? I am thinking of getting one but I want to actually do something useful with it if I'm going to spend the money lol.

I did some small projects to screw around with it, but now I am planning on turning it into a small file and media server. Ideally I want to make it portable, but it uses a lot of power for not having much performance lol The new pi should work wonders though.

 

A lot of want. I wish the CPU had an IHS so I could stick a cooler to it and OC it a little bit. Imagine what you could do!

I put a couple of these on my pi: 

[Spev]

I did some small projects to screw around with it, but now I am planning on turning it into a small file and media server. Ideally I want to make it portable, but it uses a lot of power for not having much performance lol The new pi should work wonders though.

 

I put a couple of these on my pi: 

Lol those little heat spreaders are awesome.

[QueenDemetria]

Lol those little heat spreaders are awesome.

Yep I had some laying around from the good ol' days of PC modding/overclocking lol. I remember when these were mainstream and everybody installed them on their graphics cards.

[DildorTheDecent]

I did some small projects to screw around with it, but now I am planning on turning it into a small file and media server. Ideally I want to make it portable, but it uses a lot of power for not having much performance lol The new pi should work wonders though.

 

I put a couple of these on my pi: 

Do you know what's better than air? Some dude got to the max clock of 4133MHz on one of the original Pi's. Used what is essentially compressed air, http://www.raspberryshop.es/wp/en/overclocking-a-la-raspberry-pi-a-4ghz-alguien-da-mas/

[QueenDemetria]

Do you know what's better than air? Some dude got to the max clock of 4133MHz on one of the original Pi's. Used what is essentially compressed air, http://www.raspberryshop.es/wp/en/overclocking-a-la-raspberry-pi-a-4ghz-alguien-da-mas/

Lol, I remember that thread when I was a frequent on OCN.

[DildorTheDecent]

Lol, I remember that thread when I was a frequent on OCN.

I imagine like everything people asked questions why they did that.

[QueenDemetria]

I imagine like everything people asked questions why they did that.

"Why?, because why not?" - I imagine, lol.

[KemoKa]

"Why?, because why not?" - I imagine, lol.

exactly. A 4GHz Raspberry Pi? I dread to think what a Pi 2 would be like at that speed. It'll outstrip a lot of (older) desktops, I bet. Nothing to sniff at, that.

And it supposedly will support a specially-made ARM version of Windows 10. Wow.

Everyone's been chatting about how this will help "bring computers to the poor people in Africa". Finally, a computer small enough, cheap enough and powerful enough to actually get some work done over there.

[KemoKa]

I want to know the power requirements on this thing, because if I can run it off of my battery bank, that would be amazing.

[Spev]

exactly. A 4GHz Raspberry Pi? I dread to think what a Pi 2 would be like at that speed. It'll outstrip a lot of (older) desktops, I bet. Nothing to sniff at, that.

And it supposedly will support a specially-made ARM version of Windows 10. Wow.

Everyone's been chatting about how this will help "bring computers to the poor people in Africa". Finally, a computer small enough, cheap enough and powerful enough to actually get some work done over there.

Yes I thought the WIndows 10 thing was interesting. I think I'm going to buy this and give it a shot, it's only $35. Gonna install Windows 10 first thing to check it out. Then from there find out some cool things to do with it, but I have no clue at this point what that will be.

[KemoKa]

Yes I thought the WIndows 10 thing was interesting. I think I'm going to buy this and give it a shot, it's only $35. Gonna install Windows 10 first thing to check it out. Then from there find out some cool things to do with it, but I have no clue at this point what that will be.

I'm more interested in the Linux-based applications for this. Everyone bashes AMD for being rubbish compared to Intel, but AMD has made Linux users in particular very, very happy indeed, particularly with the 8-cores. Raspberry Pi obviously is ARM-based and isn't an octacore, but the extra cores it does have will be a godsend for people who want to have some miniature badassery on their Pi.

[Ssoele]

You will be getting Windows 10 for free (http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale/) on the new Pi's, so for $35, definity a very good deal!

I've ordered 2 already

[fringie]

I want to know the power requirements on this thing, because if I can run it off of my battery bank, that would be amazing.

That would be awesome apart from how would you power a monitor ?