Production To Start For A $25 (£16) Computer - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Cmx;33867500]How would you install the OS? Set it up from another computer on the sd card?[/QUOTE] You don't need to install anything, just load the files onto the SD card from your PC.

Buy 10 of these, install cloud computing software, BAM instant fucking fast machine that only consumes 25 god damn watts of power and is more powerful than a normal desktop with threaded applications, oh and it's cheaper too. [B]FUCK YEAH![/B]

[QUOTE=Liem;33867451]I just remembered, People in my school can barely use windows, There's no way they could ever use Linux[/QUOTE] That depends on the teacher, and the teachings of this. Linux is in itself a more logical system, and there's very user friendly distro's and DE's and WM's out there, so you could even replicate the Windows working environment.

[QUOTE=maurits150;33867934]Buy 10 of these, install cloud computing software, BAM instant fucking fast machine that only consumes 25 god damn watts of power and is more powerful than a normal desktop with threaded applications, oh and it's cheaper too. [B]FUCK YEAH![/B][/QUOTE] 700mhz ARM is roughly equal to 200mhz x86 iirc

[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;33868048]700mhz ARM is roughly equal to 200mhz x86 iirc[/QUOTE] You can run Quake 3 on a 200mhz x86 processor? Cool!

Neat use for these, teaching minors game design by using the Quake 3 engine and these devices. Pretty far fetched.

[QUOTE=ripple3000;33868224]Neat use for these, teaching minors game design by using the Quake 3 engine and these devices. Pretty far fetched.[/QUOTE] I should probably take a look at the ioquake3 engine again.. If this thing can run that engine without problems, I should get back into that stuff again!

[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;33868484]I should probably take a look at the ioquake3 engine again.. If this thing can run that engine without problems, I should get back into that stuff again![/QUOTE] Uhuh but its pretty dated compared to most AAA engines today. Though, if it works on this hardware and since its pretty easy to develop for why not. To you HL2 modders, it is extremely similar.

[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;33868048]700mhz ARM is roughly equal to 200mhz x86 iirc[/QUOTE] Its sort of hard to gauge. I have a phone that runs @ 700 Mhz on a ARM11 processor. It does ~3 MFLOPS in Linpack. From what I can pull up, that's pretty similar to a 486 or original Pentium. Granted, it doesn't have a dedicated floating point unit and I'm not sure if the raspberry pi's does. These are certainly not intended for number crunching that's for sure.

Buying one of these for my sister so she doesn't need to check her facebook on my gaming PC 15 times a day.

[QUOTE=Higginz511;33871806]Buying one of these for my sister so she doesn't need to check her facebook on my gaming PC 15 times a day.[/QUOTE] You'd still need a monitor, flash memory and a power supply. Though you can easily get a set of USB keyboard and mouse for cheap. [editline]24th December 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Demache;33871677]Its sort of hard to gauge. I have a phone that runs @ 700 Mhz on a ARM11 processor. It does ~3 MFLOPS in Linpack. From what I can pull up, that's pretty similar to a 486 or original Pentium. Granted, it doesn't have a dedicated floating point unit and I'm not sure if the raspberry pi's does. These are certainly not intended for number crunching that's for sure.[/QUOTE] ARM is just too different from x86 so you can't really compare them like this. It'll be like apples versus oranges all over again

I kind of want to make a computer with an arduino now. Seriously, all i need is a network socket and some kind of analog video output. We need to teach kids to use this technology, because in the future, the soceity will depend on people able to troubleshoot whatever kinds of autonomous systems we will apply in the future.

[QUOTE=Van-man;33874097]You'd still need a monitor, flash memory and a power supply. Though you can easily get a set of USB keyboard and mouse for cheap. [editline]24th December 2011[/editline] ARM is just too different from x86 so you can't really compare them like this. It'll be like apples versus oranges all over again[/QUOTE] She can use a phone charger for the power supply, SD 4GB card about $10, she probably has a TV and therefor can use the composite output. Keyboard and mouse are also extremely cheap.

I wonder if you could modify it so you could make one of those plug & play TV games

Its not exactly a gaming device, but if you know how to appreciate older games, you have a big library of, in example emulated console games or just simply older games. The best thing is, it is only 25$, but a hell lot more useful than [I]a certain[/I] 500$ shiny device.

[QUOTE=Hans-Gunther 3.;33874795]I wonder if you could modify it so you could make one of those plug & play TV games[/QUOTE] No need to modify anything. Just run linux from a usb, with a kernel that supports usb joysticks or controllers. Since it only has one usb port, you would use a usb high-speed hub with its own powersupply. There are many guides on setting up a game console on linux, so just search for them, or just use mame :)

Cool, so theoretically I could make a small TV plug & play console using the Raspberry Pi and a joystick, solely to play Descent? If so then is there a way to bypass the OS and just go straight to the game?

[QUOTE=Hans-Gunther 3.;33875336]Cool, so theoretically I could make a small TV plug & play console using the Raspberry Pi and a joystick, solely to play Descent? If so then is there a way to bypass the OS and just go straight to the game?[/QUOTE] I don't think you can go straight to the game regardless of using this or a original console. They'd still need some sort of OS. You could write you own, OR you could set up a video game system. Try this one: [url]http://lifehacker.com/5523672/turn-your-xbmc-media-center-into-a-video-game-console[/url]

Decided to see how much other hardware would cost: (using newegg) USB keyboard: 7$ USB mouse: 5$ (not if you use command line linux obviously) 2GB SD card: 5~10$ (4GB one is 10~15$) powered USB hub: 6$ (4 ports) Cheapest HDMI/DVI monitor: 130$ (you could use TV as mentioned above) No other charger needed, as power will be drawn from the USB hub ----- Cost WITHOUT monitor: 25$ RPi+23$ accessories = [B][U]48$ PC[/U][/B] Cost WITH monitor: 25$ RPi + 23 accessories + 130$ =[B][U] 178$[/U][/B]

[QUOTE=Unsmart;33875641]Decided to see how much other hardware would cost: (using newegg) USB keyboard: 7$ USB mouse: 5$ (not if you use command line linux obviously) 2GB SD card: 5~10$ powered USB hub: 6$ (4 ports) Cheapest HDMI/DVI monitor: 130$ (you could use TV as mentioned above) No other charger needed, as power will be drawn from the USB hub ----- Cost WITHOUT monitor: 25$ RPi+23$ accessories = [B][U]48$ PC[/U][/B] Cost WITH monitor: 25$ RPi + 23 accessories + 130$ =[B][U] 178$[/U][/B][/QUOTE] Still less than 200. Plus, I would say a 4Gb SD at the very least. Its still very cheap, I would say. At least for what things cost here.

I wish this would have come out a few months ago, my team and I wanted to use this for our computer engineering capstone project, but we had to go with the $150 beagleboard instead.

I'll take ten.

Gonna rip open an old hdmi TV and put this baby inside, kinda giddy

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;33861098][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mDuJuvZjI[/media] oh look[/QUOTE] If it could play wake 3 on high at 150 fps it should be able to play hl2 and maybe even tf2 at a decent frame rate. [editline]24th December 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Unsmart;33862444]Yes, but you still need a HDMI monitor (a new LCD TV should have HDMI input), a keyboard and a mouse + an USB for Linux OR an SD card. So the cost could be 50$+ without monitor.[/QUOTE] Unless you buy those really old monitors that will cost you 5$.

[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;33880523]If it could play wake 3 on high at 150 fps it should be able to play hl2 and maybe even tf2 at a decent frame rate. [editline]24th December 2011[/editline] Unless you buy those really old monitors that will cost you 5$.[/QUOTE] I doubt you could get a HDMI/DVI monitor for 5$ even second hand. If you mean CRT, I doubt CRT even has DVI output. Nonetheless, I cant wait for the release. If (as posted on 1st page) 2 RPi wont be able to handle all the tasks I want, Ill buy 2 or more dedicated to that task. Will still be cheaper than a home media center.

[QUOTE=Unsmart;33881453]I doubt you could get a HDMI/DVI monitor for 5$ even second hand. If you mean CRT, I doubt CRT even has DVI output. Nonetheless, I cant wait for the release. If (as posted on 1st page) 2 RPi wont be able to handle all the tasks I want, Ill buy 2 or more dedicated to that task. Will still be cheaper than a home media center.[/QUOTE] It has a composite video port apparently, I'm sure there's plenty of cheap TVs about you could buy.

[QUOTE=Unsmart;33881453]I doubt you could get a HDMI/DVI monitor for 5$ even second hand. If you mean CRT, I doubt CRT even has DVI output. Nonetheless, I cant wait for the release. If (as posted on 1st page) 2 RPi wont be able to handle all the tasks I want, Ill buy 2 or more dedicated to that task. Will still be cheaper than a home media center.[/QUOTE] Only one per household unfortunately.

[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;33880523]If it could play wake 3 on high at 150 fps it should be able to play hl2 and maybe even tf2 at a decent frame rate. [/QUOTE] I highly doubt ANYONE has access to a Linux port of the source-codes for the Source engine. And last time I checked Valve doesn't feel like porting it to Linux. So forget everything about playing HL2 or TF2 on it. [editline]25th December 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Unsmart;33881453]I doubt you could get a HDMI/DVI monitor for 5$ even second hand. If you mean CRT, I doubt CRT even has DVI output.[/QUOTE] It's got a composite video output too.

[QUOTE=Van-man;33874097]... ARM is just too different from x86 so you can't really compare them like this. It'll be like apples versus oranges all over again[/QUOTE] Stuff like MFLOPS is actually the only real way you can compare performance, as it's actually testing how much work the CPU can do, rather than the clock speed or such. If a 700Mhz ARM does half the work of a 100Mhz 486 in the same amount of time, you have a pretty good idea of the performance.

[QUOTE=geoface;33861136][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#Specifications[/url] Theres the specs[/QUOTE] Holy fuck for a thing that small and cheap, those specs are fucking awesome.