APC - On sale today! - The Raspberry Pi Killer?

liamwithers

Hey guys, just a quick heads up.. the APC is on sale starting this morning (PST) at Newegg for $49.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-181-041

This little beauty looks like a fantastic alternative for many people who were looking to use the Raspberry Pi for functional uses rather than educational uses.

If I was in the US, I'd definitely be hopping online to Newegg to get mine straight away. Hope some of you find this useful!

APC's official site: http://www.apc.io

Enjoy :)

Liam

they're located in the 'british' indian ocean? I wouldn't buy of them, .io seriously?

AsadHaider

This has been out for a while now in the UK, I think it's being released in the US & Canada today.

@liam said: they're located in the 'british' indian ocean?

They're just using the domain as a hack to go with the name. IO.. Input/Output?

I got an email from them this morning, binned it as it's not relevant to me.

APC Goes on Sale through Newegg.com in US and Canada We are pleased to announce that APC will be available for online order through Newegg.com beginning on the morning (PST) of August 14th, 2012. Newegg is one of the pre-eminent online retailers of computer hardware and software goods and is an ideal partner to provide quick and reliable service for those of you in the US and Canada. Choosing Newegg as one of our distribution partners will greatly help to reduce shipping costs and delivery times. Also available at this time are the quick start guide and technical documentation to assist new users to familiarize themselves with APC. For those wishing to use APC as a development platform the bootloader and kernel are available for download. All of this material is available in our ever evolving library collection at: http://apc.io/library/ If you have not had the chance to check out the ACP forum please visit http://forum.apc.io/. There are many discussion threads with great ideas how to help get the most out of your APC. For APC ordering information through Newegg.com, please visit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-181-041 For more information about APC please visit: apc.io

ErawanArifNugroho

Nice design. But what is the storage methods? By USB ?

AsadHaider

@ErawanArifNugroho said: Nice design. But what is the storage methods? By USB ?

Storage devices can be connected using the microSD slot (max 32GB) and four USB 2.0 ports.

It has 512MB DDR3 memory and 2GB NAND flash on the board.

Nick

Operation System support: Android 2.3

Eh, no thanks.. :/

AsadHaider

@Nick said: Operation System support: Android 2.3

They're going to add support to run Linux, or unlock the hardware to let developers do it at some point. The native Android actually runs pretty well on it.

fly

bah android

MrAndroid

They should of put iOS on it.

BigBlue

Putting iOS on it would completely ruin it. It would stop any kind of development aspect, as it is a stronghold AGAINST open-source. No, just no.

Maounique

@AsadHaider said: or unlock the hardware

Do you mean it is actually locked so wont boot something else ??? M

rm_

@AsadHaider said: or unlock the hardware to let developers

@Maounique said: Do you mean it is actually locked so wont boot something else ???

Wow, not one but two people way too lazy to read their http://apc.io/faq/

fly

Does APC support other operating systems? Our own efforts will be focused on developing and supporting a stable, high-quality Android system. However, our hardware will be unlocked.

MrAndroid

@BigBlue said: Putting iOS on it would completely ruin it.

I was being sarcastic, due to what fly said.

nunim

OUT OF STOCK.

That was quick :o

KuJoe

If it supported Debian or Arch out of the box I'd have picked up a few. Back to my PogoPlug... :(

Brandon

It's $65 in Canada on NewEgg...

earl

@Brandon said: It's $65 in Canada on NewEgg...

$73 with tax and shipping!! for a 800mhz processor..

Brandon

@earl said: $73 with tax and shipping!! for a 800mhz processor..

Oh yeah forgot about that too!

KuJoe

Performane isn't the reason people are buying this. Mobility and cost are the key points and it excels at both.

djvdorp

I hate international shipping costs.

zhuanyi

@djvdorp said: I hate international shipping costs.

It is out of stock anyways :)

innya

If you look on right side, you will see;

Discontinued:

This item is currently out of stock and it may or may not be restocked.

LivingSouL

this would be nice on your car... :)

Roph

Eh, releasing something that only runs ARMv6 in 2012? NOPE.

Maounique

This is just the "continuation of a beginning that started" with intel atom boards for desktop (nettop). Ppl are thinking of power usage and need 24/7 servers at home. As I said on another thread, I think one of those raspberry pi, this is going to increase pace. An atom board here is 80 $ or so including tax and shipping: http://www.cel.ro/placi-de-baza/placa-de-baza-intel-d2700mud-bulk-l/ That draws some 35 watt with real 3.5 HDD SATA 2 TB and full load+4 GB ram. Much better, but not completely silent Bobcat board costs 2.5 dollars more: http://www.cel.ro/placi-de-baza/placa-de-baza-msi-e350is_e45-plus-amd-dual-core-e350-l/ The latter runs 3-4 vms like a pro in 8 gb ram and at max uses40 Watts but with 2 HDDs. That is a toy and does not convince me, but when will be 20 dollars a piece, the size of a small router with a hard drive inside or I will attach an usb one/key, running some virtualization, I will get one. I payed 30 Eur on my thinn client and to upgrade memory and CF to 1 gb and 16 gb respectively costed 15 euro more, it draws 25 watts and barely runs some vms, when an arm thing like those will do the same at at least this price, I will get one. I hope by the new year time. M

Xeoncross

I think I'd rather buy this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157324