Delivery Queue

My Conf is 437xxx. I'm hoping for August! Meanwhile I'm slowly acreting supplies: 2GB SD card & Bluetooth keyboard from my desk drawer, used $5 blue tooth mouse, used $3 bluetooth 2.0 dongle, $5 (incredibly crappy) powered USB hub. Does this make me an optimist?

Paul that's the spirit! I think you'll be plesantly surprised because they'll manage to get you your 'pi before August.

Anyway. Consider getting a 4G SD card: I've heard some people complain that the 2G SD card image didn't fit on their 2G SD card.

In case anyone is interested in the order queue and order reference numbers...

Ordered mine on 29/Feb 11:23am from Farnell in UK

Ref: 16462111

Delivered yesterday (08/May)

Well my order number is 164633?? and the last update I had on the 4th May was August!

My order was placed via CPC on 29th Feb about 11.15am in the UK.

Hi Nick,

I know that CPC are a division of Premier Farnell, but I hadn't realised that they were also taking initial orders for the Raspberry Pi, although they don't appear to be doing so now!

Assuming that they are using the same order system as Element 14 I would have thought that (based on what others have said) you should either have already received your Pi, or at the very least have been given a date much earlier than August.

It might be worth dropping them a quick email, or even giving them a call, to clarify your position, as it seems to be 'out of sync'. with Element 14 UK orders.

Good Luck!

Hi David,

According to Jenny Peters (Element 14), ordering via any Farnell organisation would be treated equally and in a single queue, so its a bit frustrating. CPC don't seem to be very interested and their response on the 4th May was when I asked was "These are expected to be available to ship mid – late August. This is still an estimated date as they are still being manufactured which is open to delays."

I think I'll need that good luck

N.

My number is a little higher than yours 16470xxx and I have been advised w/c 21 May.

This means you may be pleasantly surprised??

Hi again everyone.

Just to let you know, my Raspi arrived last Friday, 4th May.

My order (in UK) was 16457xxx ordered 08:41 on 29th Feb, after trying to complete an order since about 06:05.

My delivery date moved from 26/3, to 23/4, to 14/5, to 7/5...

It was worth the wait!

I've not really used the Debian image much, but the Arch image is fast and lightweight.

The OpenELEC/XBMC image is pretty good, (compiled from their github), although the menus are a bit slow. Plays back video from a SAMBA share on an Ubuntu box a treat. Sound through HDMI is fine. Sound through 3.5mm jack is ok, but I get a clunk sound on track change.

"According to Jenny Peters (Element 14), ordering via any Farnell organisation would be treated equally and in a single queue..."

This is not the case. Look at the order numbers and dates from different countries, they are not sequential. People who ordered later get their Pis earlier. Especially UK customers, they started to receive last week, and many who ordered later in UK than elsewhere got theirs already.

So I am guessing many that have ordered after the 8^th of March have already received theirs. I bought myself an 8GB SD card and have downloaded “Debian Squeeze” software but haven’t done anything since as I am still not fully clued-up in what I actuality need for its operation other than a mouse/keyboard and a monitor/TV.