Raspberry Pi Store opens in the UK

This reminds me of when I started to build my own personal computer. I first built mine in the era of the AMD K6-2 400Mhz, though I'd been inside them earlier than that.

Friends of mine, or people I knew, were afraid to touch the insides of a computer, or electronic components.

"Won't you damage it?"

"You'll get an electric shock!"

"There's so many wires it's scary!"

It's easy for us to forget that these are the first impressions a lot of people have when it comes to bare electronics, and that's what you get with the Raspberry Pi. I think if we're looking at this store and going "well, they could have done this, or that" then the store's not for us, and that's fine, because eventually people who pick up the hardware thanks to stores like this will be more confident with the hardware.

Thinking about it, I've not heard a single comment about the Raspberry Pi and being afraid of static discharge.

Yeah can any one in the US throw up a picture or two of the insides of Fry's apparently it's a sight to behold

I'm glad there are a radio rally or 3 around here that has a pile them high sell them cheap attitude to selling electronic curiosities!!

I think that was the point that the others were trying to make Raffaello. Like a super clean engineering workshop that looks great but no work gets done!

They are so good... I've been to about half a dozen : )

Here I like Clas Ohlson (Swedish store). Nowhere near the same, but they have a bit of electronics (LEDs etc) and a few kits, as well as home furnishings, garden stuff, tools that are useful for electronics, etc. Quite interesting store! When I first visited it, I spent 3 hours.. and wrote them an e-mail complementing their store : ) They replied too.

+1 to see you run around with the hammer shouting "I am Thor!!"

It's unusual for the cause not to be me .. I'll take that as a win ! ;-)

Showing your Butt through the window ill no doubt get you banned, doing it with photographic evidence will no doubt be held as a badge of high  honour by your fellows if not by the E14 Polizei ;-)

Hi  there yes a sensible question, hard to tell it all depends on the volume of stock location and fitment cost and how they account for that in the"setup" cost. Does any one know if this is the commercial arm or charitable foundation doing this?

I think half the problem is that  modern Malls and even in town shops  have exorbitant rents which couldn't be met by selling 5p LEDs and the general Tat(tm) that we all love. There are many small outfits about but they are very much in the back streets and industrial buildings where  the price is more reasonable. This is what led to the Gadgetification of Maplin as they struggled to be competitive in the Highstreet!

Totally agree !

MK