Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Raspberry Pi 2

My brand new Raspberry Pi 2 has just arrived from the delivery courier earlier this morning. If you have been following my activities on Twitter, you may have know that I do own the Raspberry Pi Model B+. So why did I get the new Raspberry Pi then?

The main reason for getting the new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is that it features a brand-new Broadcom quad-core processor and has a RAM boost to 1GB. It claims to have 6 times the speed but retaining the design of the Model B+. This means that existing cases and accessories for the B+ could be used for the new Model B. It still costs US$35 and has made no changes in its pricing.

Furthermore, the enticing thing about the new Raspberry Pi is that Windows 10 would be able to run on the Raspberry Pi 2 and it will be available for free in the very near future. However, it is unclear if the Windows 10 for the Pi will be a tweaked version to accommodate the hardware. How awesome will it be if it can run a full-fledged Windows OS! Do stay tuned to my blog as I will cover more on getting started with Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi 2 as soon as it is released to the public. However, if you're interested to know more about Windows on the Pi, do read the Microsoft Blog down below.




Microsoft Windows on Devices - Raspberry Pi 2
https://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/raspberrypi2support