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Re:Mission Bit: Non-profit in SF teaching kids how to code i... by ad_hominem on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @02:32PM (#8291804)
> You can buy 5 Raspberry Pis for every 1 Chromebook

Not really though. Once you add the SD card, case, and USB power supply, you're at at least $80 (I know because I own one and that's what I had to buy).

Once you add the keyboard, mouse, and monitor to be on parity with the Chromebook you'll be lucky to be under $200.

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Re:Mission Bit: Non-profit in SF teaching kids how to code i... by LaikaF on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @03:45PM (#8292332)
The one advantage is that the pis are likely cheap enough that the kid can take them with them. I assume most of them have a TV at home, and a mouse and keyboard can be found free or under ten bucks.

That said Chromebooks would likely be the better answer then Raspi or Macbooks.

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