The dirt cheap Raspberry Pi microcomputer has now officially launched here in Australia, but there's an extreme shortage of devices in Australia, given the demand. Not surprising for a teeny tiny AU$41 computer.
According to manufacturer RS Components, there's a 300,000 person waiting list for the device. A mere 57 of the devices have found their way to Australian & New Zealand so far, with another batch of 70,000 due by the end of the southern winter.
The device will be potentially useful for embedded systems experiments, and just regular old hacking, but given the, of course, tiny system specs (256 MB RAM and an ARM processor), it won't be useful for much else. That's fine, given it's intended to be an educational tool, but it might not be what everyone is expecting.
If you manage to get your hands on one, give us a yell and let us know what you think.
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