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Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by kingosticks on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @11:57AM (#19145194)
The foundation do publish yearly reviews (not sure if they done a 2018 one yet) on their website with statistics they have gathered.

But it's interesting the microbit was considered more successful in your group. Perhaps having the name of the BBC behind it gave it more weight. Or the fact they gave them away free to younger children.

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Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by qhwudbebd on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @12:20PM (#19145419)
I think maybe it's also a simpler device to understand end-to-end, a bit like 8-bit micros were when I was a kid?
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Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by kingosticks on Friday February 15, 2019 @05:24AM (#19169797)
I think this is it. It's a simpler device which is easier to get started with. At the cost of being able to do less with it but that's a good tradeoff, in primary school at least.
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