A new computer for only $12

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okeedokee

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THE world’s cheapest computer will be available for purchase by the end of the year thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Costing only $AU12, CHIP, is a tiny computer offering users the ability to browse the web, edit documents, create music and play simple games.

The device, slimmer than a credit card, is powered by a 1GHz ARM processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage.

CHIP includes Linux as the pre-installed operating system and has a number of pre-loaded programs for user convenience.

Programs include LibreOffice, Google Chromium and VLC Media Player, plus additional software packages for torrenting, coding, and photo editing.

The device also comes with built in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, although users will be required to supply their own keyboard, monitor and mouse.

For an additional cost, users can build on the standard model and add HDMI and VGA adaptors.

The first orders of the basic model have already been snapped up through Kickstarter pledges, but there are more advanced packages still on offer.

Otherwise, potential buyers will have to wait until early next year for a second batch.

CHIP has already smashed its Kickstarter target of $US50,000 having raised over $US1,000,000 in less than a week.
 
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TeeEm

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This Kickstarter package was available earlier in the year for $US 9 in America only, but obviously they have secured sufficient funding to start to expand their CHIP throughout the world. Be interested to see how supply progresses as production ramps up later in the year. This was the original release video.

 
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aye-aye-Chris

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okeedokee said:
THE world’s cheapest computer will be available for purchase by the end of the year thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Costing only $AU12, CHIP, is a tiny computer offering users the ability to browse the web, edit documents, create music and play simple games.

The device, slimmer than a credit card, is powered by a 1GHz ARM processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage.

CHIP includes Linux as the pre-installed operating system and has a number of pre-loaded programs for user convenience.

Programs include LibreOffice, Google Chromium and VLC Media Player, plus additional software packages for torrenting, coding, and photo editing.

The device also comes with built in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, although users will be required to supply their own keyboard, monitor and mouse.

For an additional cost, users can build on the standard model and add HDMI and VGA adaptors.

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Sounds like an Arduino project to me.

I'll be back soonish... :satisfied
 
aye-aye-Chris aye-aye-Chris

aye-aye-Chris

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misi said:
No way!:no:
Did he kick his Arduino to me?
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No. Not yet. But that reminds me of the chap who found a Rubik's cube in the grass just off the path in the park on his way to the pub. Mind you, this was years ago, at the height of the frustrating popularity of the cube at the time.

Down at the pub later while showing the find to his mates he remarked "look what I found, someone must have dropped it."

One of his mates remarked "Not likely."
 
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