Re: [Hampshire] Best place to buy a Raspberry Pi?

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Author: Thomas Kluyver
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Best place to buy a Raspberry Pi?
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017, at 06:27 PM, Andy Random via Hampshire wrote:
> So where is the best place to buy one?


I haven't bought one either, but I was looking around before Christmas.

There are dedicated sites based in the UK like Modmypi and Pimoroni,
where you can get the boards with a wide selection of accessories, or a
bundle like this one:
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-essentials-kit

They probably pay more taxes (proportionally) than Amazon. I think one
of these would be my first choice if I do buy one.

You can get them in Maplin, but I think the one I visited had large &
pricey kits. On the website, they have the boards by themselves at
~10-20% over what you'd pay elsewhere.

> I'm looking for a Pi with wifi (Pi 3 model B?)


The Pi 3 is the only one (so far) with built in wifi, but if you can get
an older board significantly cheaper, there are little USB wifi dongles
which work with them.

Thomas

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