Sale of Raspberry Pi starts today at 10:00 MSK

“Ladies and gentlemen, make your alarm clocks!” The developers of Raspberry Pi warned the public. It can be assumed with a high degree of confidence that on February 29, 2012 at 6:00 GMT (10:00 Moscow time), an open sale of this Linux-sized computer the size of a credit card will begin.

After lengthy testing and running in, the release of alpha and beta versions of the board, in early January, the developers finally paid for the order and began production . Later decided not to start selling until the Chinese have made a whole batch of 10,000 pieces.

Earlier it was reported that the assembly of the entire party in China will be completed on February 20, after which the fees will be immediately delivered to the UK, and sales will begin until the end of the month.
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Judging by the number of fans, the first batch of 10 thousand pieces will be sold out in a few hours. There were no preorders for the computer. According to the FAQ, the sale will go one by one per person from raspberrypi.com .

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