[TheDoc]

Originally Posted by OSI

Just got an email that the estimated shipping date has been pushed back to week closing 23rd April. That's just ridiculous.

They are being manafactured to meet demand.

There are none actually made currently to meet yesterdays purchases.

[OSI]

Originally Posted by TheDoc

They are being manafactured to meet demand.

There are none actually made currently to meet yesterdays purchases.

I know that, but if you know your initial batch is x big and will take y to be delivered, you make plans for the store to sell x amount with an expected delivery of y. You don't just make it up as you go along.

[d31b0y]

Originally Posted by TheDoc

They are being manafactured to meet demand.

There are none actually made currently to meet yesterdays purchases.

Actually (afaik), they have begun the manufacturing process for the first ten thousand. 5000 were / will be given to farnell and 5000 were / will be given to RS.

Farnell sold out within minutes whereas RS have not actually sold any yet. They will be going on sale at the end of the week for those who expressed an interest.

The extra interest will be used to gauge the next manufacturing run.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/2...-goes-on-sale/


OSI, I imagine you just missed out on the first run. I was given the same delivery date as you. I ordered at about 2 pm.

[BopNiblets]

Think I'll wait for the Bundle to come out, can't imagine it costing more than €100, still a cool deal.

Linux Mint should run on this without too much hassle, right (I guess I mean supports ARM out of the box)?
The Debian based edition if the Ubuntu based (which is also Debian based) might not?

[r3nu4l]

I've registered my interest with RS Components and they will only ship one per person. Were the other crowd shipping multiple units per order? If so we can probably expect them to appear on EBay at vastly inflated prices.

[d31b0y]

Originally Posted by r3nu4l

I've registered my interest with RS Components and they will only ship one per person. Were the other crowd shipping multiple units per order? If so we can probably expect them to appear on EBay at vastly inflated prices.

There was a flaw in their system that allowed you to order as many as you like but they sent an email saying they ould only ship one per person.

[Owen]

Registered my interest too, I'll use this as a carputer I think!

[d'Oracle]

I presume now that as this has a HDMI out it can output HD visuals?

[OSI]

Originally Posted by d'Oracle

I presume now that as this has a HDMI out it can output HD visuals?

Define HD Visuals

[Fysh]

Originally Posted by d'Oracle

I presume now that as this has a HDMI out it can output HD visuals?

The claim is that it can handle 1080p video output, and there's apparently work going on to create a version of XMBC that can run on it to allow its use as a low-overhead media centre.

[d'Oracle]

Originally Posted by OSI

Define HD Visuals

No.

[d'Oracle]

Originally Posted by Fysh

The claim is that it can handle 1080p video output, and there's apparently work going on to create a version of XMBC that can run on it to allow its use as a low-overhead media centre.

That's what I was thinking of, although maybe not with XBMC.

[docentore]

Originally Posted by d'Oracle

That's what I was thinking of, although maybe not with XBMC.

openelec team is working on the xbmc version for rasberry.

[Khannie]

Originally Posted by BopNiblets

Linux Mint should run on this without too much hassle, right (I guess I mean supports ARM out of the box)?
The Debian based edition if the Ubuntu based (which is also Debian based) might not?

Debian based one should work, Ubuntu based one will definitely not. Ubuntu ditched support for older versions of the arm chip (like the one in the Pi). Going to stick with whatever the "default" distro is myself, just for support.

[NoDrama]

Just ordered one there now!