Starting out with Raspberry Pi questions

[berryI]

hello

I only recently started getting interested with the raspberrypi, I have a few questions about it. does it come in kit forum, what exactly can I do with it and is difficult to use? I think the prices for it look very reasonable.

[wildfire]

This link https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/ra ... 4-model-b/ will answer most (if not all) of your questions, read it all.

If you have any more specific questions then post back.

[LTolledo]

for one....am using it as a desktop computer (this unit and another one).

there are many project you can do with it. just search the internet with the keywords raspberry pi projects
(most of us will assume that you already know how to use internet search)

[fruitoftheloom]

hello

I only recently started getting interested with the raspberrypi, I have a few questions about it. does it come in kit forum, what exactly can I do with it and is difficult to use? I think the prices for it look very reasonable.

Considering you found this forum surprised you missed the Raspberry Pi Foundation Website landing page.

There is so much information it is pointless for anyone here to replicate:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/

[jahboater]

what exactly can I do with it?

That's like saying "I have just purchased a car, where can I go in it?"

Whats different about the Pi is that it is tiny and cheap, easy to setup, and almost impossible to damage with software.
That is , you may learn and experiment as much as you like, and the worst thing that could happen is that you have to re-flash the SD card (which takes a few minutes and costs nothing).

Unlike other consumer computers, the Pi has physical I/O, so you can learn and experiment with that too (here you could potentially damage the Pi, but they are so cheap its not the end of the world).

The Pi comes with a free and highly capable OS. At your fingertips are thousands of free applications and software tools.
Importantly, many programming languages are available so you can learn to program, in a safe (because you cant hurt the Pi), and well supported environment (meaning you ask anything here about programming and someone is bound to know the answer).

There is now a large industry around the Pi selling fun and cheap add-ons.

The Pi draws very little power, so most people leave them switched on permanently. It also runs silently (no fan is needed), so you may have one in the bedroom if you wish.

I think the prices for it look very reasonable.

Yes! And once you get started you will likely end up with several of them .....

[W. H. Heydt]

Yes! And once you get started you will likely end up with several of them .....

I think they breed in various dark corners.