For me, it wasn't just the price. Yes, the price was a factor...but the "hackability", the fact it runs Linux was huge for me, the community were equally. It seems Adafruit and Hackaday hardly go a day without something 'new' to post about Pi :) I know one of the intentions was to regain the momentum of the first home computers, and I think they've done that to an extent. -m On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:16 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote: > Yes, price > Imagine electricity dropping to 25% of it's current price. People would > be running their AC units in the winter. > ........ > Many people go wild over the price of the RapsberryPi which means =3D=3D>= lots > of support , lots of excitement. > Gus > > > On Aug 29, 2012, at 1:07 AM, jana1972@centrum.cz wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Can anyone explain to me what is so special with Raspberry Pi? > > Only price? > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .