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Who uses Raspberry Pi? Who are the vendors?

Users

• Businesses
• engineering professionals
• educational institutions

Vendors

• 

  RS Components (link: http://www.rs-components.com/raspberrypi )
• element14/Premier Farnell http://downloads.element14.com/raspberryPi1.html?isRedirect=true&ICID=raspberrypigroup_Europe)

Raspberry Pi in action: our developer puts it through its paces - video

Prevelence

1.4000 Raspberry Pis are being made every day.
 2.users includes young students, business people, engineering professionals and educational institutions.

More links:

Tech Republic: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/10-coolest-uses-for-the-raspberry-pi/505

whatis.techtarget: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Raspberry-Pi-35-computer

Wiki Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi

Official Website: http://www.raspberrypi.org/

Future of Raspberry Pi

1. setting up media centre
2. pair the Pi with touch-screen
3. home automation projects (e.g remote controlled air conditioning and lighting)
4. in-car tablet computer based on the Pi with touch screen
5. Pi-based internet radio
6. Controlling robots
7. a low-cost, off the shelf alternative to the bespoke hardware used normally in spacecraft and satellite systems
8. use the Pi to spot meteorites blazing across the Antipodean skies
9. Pi controlled coffee machine designed to conjure up the perfect brew via a few typed commands

Two Versions

Model A

• $25
• 256mb memory
• single USB 2.0
• no network connection

Model B

• $35
• 256mb
• memory
• two USB 2.0
• Ethernet connection

Advantages & Disadvantages

Advantages

• Very inexpensive: only $25
• Has a simple server that can handle light internal or web traffic
• Tools are free unlike Microsoft system
• Can open every application without the internet
• Can be used as a low-cost developing platform
• Can be used as a troubleshooting tool

Disadvantages

• Potentially changing setup
• Demands knowledge of Linux
• Limited out-of-the-box performance