“Right now it appears that we’ve sold every individual Zero we made [roughly 20,000 units] and most of the 10,000 MagPi issues with cover-mounted units”, Upton says.
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Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Raspberry Pi Foundation founder Eben Upton told the publication that the Zero was supposed to be a hot rod compared to the original Pi, with its improved fundamentals jacking the price up to about $50 to $60. The magazine wille be giving away free Pi Zeros. The British company is offering its Zero PC for a mere $5 (US), or about half the cost of a real pie from your local bakery.
First of all, we should be aware that Raspberry’s concept is not aimed to please computer game fans, far from it. As the developers would put it, the new design in computer technology mainly addressees those who look towards robotics and software development. The specification also states a mini-HDMI socket supporting 1080p, micro-USB sockets and an identical pin layout. As part of their initiative, Raspberry Pi launches cheapest computer on the market. That’s same as of that in Raspberry Pi 1 Model B, but only half of that in Raspberry Pi 2.
And don’t even think about going to some third-party auction site like eBay to pick one up, if you missed your opportunity. But this time, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is going double or nothing in the war over low-priced, fully functional computers.
While many of you were supposed to be eating turkey on Thursday, you were instead geeking out over Raspberry PI’s newest computer, the Zero: a pint-sized module that costs just $5.
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The initial run of the Pi Zero is very limited, and is expected to be quite popular, so if you want to get one in Australia you might not have a lot of options for a little while. Also, it runs Raspbian on the operating system side along with a variety of applications that include Minecraft, Scratch, and SonicPi. In the USA, you’ll be able to purchase a unit through Adafruit or at your local Micro Center. Moreover, the Raspberry Pi products are known to bolster development progress due to the easy-to-use configurations and tutorials on how to code.
