Will super small form factor PC like the Pi be popular?

[froggyboy604]

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I think very few stores will sell it since it only cost £15 , so there is probably not a lot of profit to be made unless you sell many thousands of them at each stores per month. Plus, most people won't buy an extended warranty on something which costs £15 or less. Extended warranties are one of the ways electronic stores make their profit.

But, it might be popular with poor people, or people who just need a PC to go on e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, and do basic tasks like Word Processors.

If I can buy one at a store, I probably buy a few to put in my room since it is so small and cheap.

 

[Gimgak]

Stores don't sell things unless they cost thousands of dollars? What?

 

[Mike G]

They'll catch on, I mean The Pirate Bay are already testing them for use on UAV servers.

 

[froggyboy604]

I feel BestBuy, Radioshack, Frys and other main stream computer stores won't sell them since they might indirectly compete with lowend Windows computers which cost hundreds where they make more profit from.

But, I feel the local CVS pharmacy, dollar store, supermarket, and value/discount stores like Wal-Mart might sell them for a cheap price to people waiting in line, or in the general section of their store which they sell everything.

Newegg also might sell them since Newegg sells a lot of cheap MP3 and video players which is harder to find in big name retailers.

 

[AndroidOS]

I want one of these. 😀 I know I would buy it, mainly because it is a cheap computer. I don't really see why stores wouldn't sell it, I could see lots of people buying it, and it would encourage them to buy a monitor as well.

 

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I want one of these. 😀 I know I would buy it, mainly because it is a cheap computer. I don't really see why stores wouldn't sell it, I could see lots of people buying it, and it would encourage them to buy a monitor as well.

I think not so many people are buying because they are not getting marketed properly - and just maybe, they are not that good yet. Once it reaches a spot where it can be considered one of the best, there's going to be a lot of these sold.

 

[Gimgak]

I think not so many people are buying because they are not getting marketed properly - and just maybe, they are not that good yet. Once it reaches a spot where it can be considered one of the best, there's going to be a lot of these sold.

I think its more along the lines of this product not existing yet that's keeping people from buying it 😉

 

[1adslinks]

wow! that's cool

 

[froggyboy604]

I think not so many people are buying because they are not getting marketed properly - and just maybe, they are not that good yet. Once it reaches a spot where it can be considered one of the best, there's going to be a lot of these sold.

I think its more along the lines of this product not existing yet that's keeping people from buying it 😉

I read the Pi started shipping this month.

I think Pi need a company like Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, etc to promote, ship, and take orders for this type of computer. It also needs a case to cover the circuit boards, and parts since newbies might find it kind of intimidating seeing a computer without a modern and user friendly looking case.