When will I finally get the Raspberry Pi?

Well it's funny. Because as a final costumer I don't care about testings or etc. The device was (so called) launched alot of time ago. And yet no one got their pis.

I mean there are lots of people behind this project. Why no one thought about testings and etc. Why no one bothered to build the device in the first place. They launched a device which is not produced and tested. As we see the weeks passed they produced the device and testing it now.

A man is judged by his words. If you're launching, you have to sell the actual device. You can't just do launching for a device which doesn't exist. I you don't have the device, launch the thing when it's finished. No one will try to hurt you because of that.

But this situation is not pleasant. And I do not think no one thinks about CE procedures and testings...

Please try to remember that the Raspberry Pi Foundation is a non-profit run by a handfull of people, mostly a couple -- regular people. They are not Dell. And as far as I know this is their first device/project of this sort. I'm sure they honestly thought, and were given assurances from their partners, that things would go smoothly and everyone would have their orders by now. They're doing their best, and better than I could do, so I'm not going to criticize.

Its not them im critisising, if anything its farnell for saying they have to have an CE mark in place.

And I agree with Enes, I don't care about testing. Half the electronics stuff I have is probberbly not CE marked from where the're china exports.

The main thing im still wondering is that have farnell taken on the CE Marks yet? Farnell have still not posted anything about the Pi passing CE mark tests where as the RPI blog has.

Are farnell just waiting for nothing?

From what I have heard - both farnell and RS have to agree / sign off or somthing like that befoer shipping can start.

The fact that some individuals may not care whether their units are certified is completely irrelevant.  You're buying from a respected professional company that complies with legal requirements in the countries where it does business, and the requirement for certification has been explained very clearly and authoritiatively.

Here is the BIS requiirement, as explained by the Foundation (this is taken from Element 14's FAQ):

• HOT OFF THE PRESS UPDATE FROM EBEN UPTON OF RASPBERRY PI EARLIER TODAY:
• “We have spoken with BIS this morning, and have been told that, given the volumes involved and the demographic mix of likely users, the development board exemption is not applicable to us; as a result, even the first uncased developer units of Raspberry Pi will require a CE mark prior to distribution in the EU...... ....we are working with RS Components and element14/Premier Farnell to bring Raspberry Pi into a compliant state as soon as is humanly possible.”

It's not up for discussion.  Perhaps once the Foundation releases manufacturing documents then other companies will manufacture uncertified units outside of the US or the EU, and you'll be able to buy clones from cowboy outfits.  It's a very stupid thing to want though.

Morgaine.

Completely agree - at this price, why not wait and get the real thing, rather than a (probably) marginally cheaper device with who knows what provinence?

Going OT (slightly) the small difference between the real CE mark and the China Export Label had a few people concerned in my office yesterday - at first glace it looked like a lot of people had fake iPhones :-)

It was only when I got my (cheap) charger for something and compared the distance between the letters it became obvious...naughty people !

I have no thoughts on not getting the real thing, depending I have an powerful computer theres no point in me buying one from china at a slightly cheeper price.

They have just posted on the RPI website that farnell could start shipping at the beginning of next week (Depending I'm sure im not at the top of the list it is looking like I won't get the RPI to show off at school :C )

My main purpose was not to use it as an computer, im going to hook it up to stuff like the arduino to controll projects that need a bit of a brain on them which themselfs would probberbly void the whole purpose of having it CE Marked.

I have no thoughts on not getting the real thing, depending I have an powerful computer theres no point in me buying one from china at a slightly cheeper price.

They have just posted on the RPI website that farnell could start shipping at the beginning of next week (Depending I'm sure im not at the top of the list it is looking like I won't get the RPI to show off at school :C )

My main purpose was not to use it as an computer, im going to hook it up to stuff like the arduino to controll projects that need a bit of a brain on them which themselfs would probberbly void the whole purpose of having it CE Marked.