Raspberry Pi is a credit sized computer designed to encourage programming capabilities among children’s. It is easy to use, economical, light weighted and very convenient for performing basic computer task such as editing docs, playing low end games etc.
‘Computer’ the world’s most common device without it life seems impossible. Computer has revamped the whole life of humans. Being an electronic machine it has eliminated many hassles from our daily life. Now we don’t have to stand in the queue for booking an air ticket, just have to logon our computer and can do all work via internet. Beside the professionals now computer is popped out as an important necessity of children. To fulfill the need of hour Raspberry Pi charity foundation has developed Raspberry Pi. It is the cheapest computer available till date. It is developed for the children to enrich their computer skills like programming and computing. It is available in two models: MODEL A and MODEL B. MODEL A is priced at $25 and MODEL B at $35.
Operating System:
Linux based Kernel operating system is used in Raspberry Pi and Iceweasel, Calligra Suite and Python are being planned to be incorporated in near future. You can get video apps like OpenMax, 3D apps via OpenGles, 2D apps via Open VG from Pi store.
Hardware configuration:
· Raspberry Pi is furnished with 700MHz ARM117JZF-S CPU
· It has 256 MB of SDRAM which can be extended to 512 MB.
· RCA & HDMI are the two video outputs available on this single board computer with 3.5 mm audio output jack.
· It receives power from a micro USB adapter, this means that you don’t have any Switch ON or Switch OFF button and it incurs power directly from plugging the adapter into the board.
· The firmware includes number of “Turbo” modes which allow user to do over clocking up-to 1 GHz.
· It does not include an inbuilt hard disk or solid state drive but uses an SD card for booting and long-term storage.
Out of the two available choices MODEL B is better as compare to MODEL A and it is more expensive too. MODEL A has only one USB port whereas MODEL B has two such ports. Model B bears an Ethernet port whereas MODEL A doesn’t have it and USB Ethernet or Wi-Fi adapter are used to make dynamic connection with any network. With the above mentioned information, I think you are good enough to realize that Raspberry Pi allows you to perform basic jobs like editing docs, play few low end games but you can’t do a high level of multitasking and web browsing on Raspberry Pi.
If you are planning to buy a new computer for your kid and don’t want to spend more money then Raspberry Pi is made for you.
Recently Raspberry Pi foundation has launched Pi store, which renders wide range of free resources for its users. This Pi store is one-stop-shop which offers tools as well as the tutorials for your computer. All the information regarding the Raspberry Pi is provided to the totally new Raspberry Pi user. “We hope that the Pi Store will provide young people with a way to share their creations with a wider audience, and maybe to make a little pocket money along the way; as well as offering commercial developers an easy way to get their software seen by the Raspberry Pi community,” stated the foundation. The official site include “Tip jar” where developers can offer free content and which can be utilized by them.
If you want to buy Raspberry Pi then you can visit http://www.raspberrypi.org/. For proper computer maintenance you can use reliable software solution provided by some of the well renowned companies. They also suggest you the best possible configuration computer in you budget.
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