> The Raspberry Pi foundation isn't going in a good direction IMHO.
I disagree. This is exactly the type of product they should be building: It’s fun. It’s self contained. It lights up and looks intriguing to young people. It has a great community. It has plenty of documentation. You can expand from it and tap into a big universe of Raspberry Pi projects. You can store it away when you or your kids are done with it. You can connect it to your TV easily.
This is perfect for everything the Raspberry Pi Foundation set out to do: Be an educational ecosystem that was easy to access.
So many people are confused by Raspberry Pi because they think it’s supposed to be the most powerful or most bang for your buck general compute machine out there. That’s not their goal or their market.
As you said, if someone wants a fast general purpose PC they shouldn’t even be looking at this. That’s not what it’s for.
I disagree. This is exactly the type of product they should be building: It’s fun. It’s self contained. It lights up and looks intriguing to young people. It has a great community. It has plenty of documentation. You can expand from it and tap into a big universe of Raspberry Pi projects. You can store it away when you or your kids are done with it. You can connect it to your TV easily.
This is perfect for everything the Raspberry Pi Foundation set out to do: Be an educational ecosystem that was easy to access.
So many people are confused by Raspberry Pi because they think it’s supposed to be the most powerful or most bang for your buck general compute machine out there. That’s not their goal or their market.
As you said, if someone wants a fast general purpose PC they shouldn’t even be looking at this. That’s not what it’s for.