Raspberry Pi Stock

Hey im only 12 years old but i have bought the rasperberry pi B and i have already coded boot mnager and windows into it its so fun!      I skipped school today just to code some more i have my own website of which i made in notepad also!

Not to call you a liar or anything, Luke, but getting Windows to work on this is a near enough impossibility.

I believe that the Windows OS Platform does not support the ARM processor architecture - Only INTEL and AMD.

And relating to the post - I seriously hope it won't take 6 - 8 weeks to get more! I want to start my project MUCH sooner than that :/

Hi frednginger,

I'm not aware of any specific timeframe, but we are working very closely with Raspberry Pi to ensure we can meet the demand as soon as possible. If you haven’t been able to pre-order, register your interest so we can let you know as soon as you can order again and keep you updated with the latest on availability. 

In the meantime, we hope that you find element14 Community a fun place to hangout and talk about Raspberry Pi with your fellow enthusiasts!

Thanks!

Nicole, element14 Community Manager

Luke. I think your nose is growing. Shame on you!

Sean, I think you missed the big whopper.  It's not so much the difficulty of getting Windows to work, it's the difficulty of getting hold of a device that hasn't arrived in the UK yet.  The claims that initial stock have sold out amazingly quickly should not be interpreted as meaning there was some initial stock in the warehouse ready to ship to customers.

Hi Nicole,

I am one of the many who failed to place an order on the first morning but have followed this group in the hope of learning something. Please note the following:-

From Thomas Finch (to which you replied)  He says "When will stocks return to RS Components ............"  Can you tell me when RS Components ever had supplies?

So 12yr old Luke has got a Raspberry Pi  and  "has  have already coded boot mnager and windows into it its so fun! "  and you allow this on the discussion board!!!

Is this for real?

Just Got an emeil from RS saying theye r doin a first come first serve thing. Says will contact back wuthin 7 days

hi nicole can you tell me why farnell changed there delivery date.as my delivery date was 26 march and now it 24 april. i order my ras pi at 8am on the 29 as it took me 2 hour to get in to order the morning of the launce date.

@nlarson I hate to burst your bubble but 90,000+ other people and I already registered our interest with raspberrypi.org.  I personally have no clue as to why they did not share their E-Mail list with you in the first place.  There are a few Rumours going around that those who ordered(pre-ordered) may have ordered more than 1 each.  I would suggest that you should only take pre-orders of one each to see what the actual demand is.  Maybe a small questionare of how many people would like in the future and any suggestions.

I visited the Corby base of RS yesterday.  I live 9 miles from there and 35 from Cambridge.  I was told by the staff there, after they had  "checked upstairs" what to say:

1) RS never had any stock.

2) RS have therefore not shipped any to anyone.

3) If you have filled in the form on the RS website you should get an email in 5 working days informing you of the situation. 

4) They expect to be shipping some "this month".  As this was 1st March I was not impressed.

Personally I am not impressed that the Pi website is still showing essentially the same information that was there 06:00 Wedneesday, although they have obviouslybeen in and tweaked it to include Element 14 in the Farnell link at the bottom of the page.

I feel they should have a update on the site explaining what is going on.  And what the plan is!

Also not impressed by the RS corporate site news item titled:" RS Components responds to huge customer demand for Raspberry Pi"  ----  truth is the response includes site crashing, having no stock, not shipping anything,  not informing people. 

BTW, I had registered an interest months ago on the Raspberry Pi site, and didn't even get the courtesy of the email that was supposed to be sent!  Seems also those that registered months ago via the Pi site are just in the mix with all the late comers who piled in to the RS site.

Great british engineering, but then...............