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Raspberry PI is the talk of the town. An amazing $25 computer! While, no doubt, it’s a cool little device, and we are not taking away anything from the team that developed it, the truth still remains that there is very little REVOLUTIONARY about this device. It plays Quake. But, so what? It’s a 12 year old game that came out in 1999. You can take any pos (first two words: piece of) computer and it will run that game smooth as silk.

$25 computers already exist. Look on ebay. You can buy many old P4 computers for $25. And that will get you hard disk, ram, case, motherboard, processor, expansion, etc. The only advantage that Raspeberry PI has over that old computer is size.  So if the creators are so worried about schools not being able to afford computers, not to worry, you can already buy $25 computers. And I am sure if you buy them in bulk, price will be even lower.

What’s more, look at the pricing for some smart phones and tablets. You can buy many non-brand tablets and phones for under $100, some even under $60. When you subtract touchscreen, wi-fi and a bunch of other things that they have, you will get a $25 price.

So, there you go. At first glance, a $25 computer is amazing. But when you think about it, it already exists.