<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">Agreed that the Newegg deal is great for those who can take advantage.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">One small warning -- the RPi3 recommends a 2.5A USB power adapter which is more than iPad chargers (and WAY more than most cellphone chargers) put out.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">What I bought at Pi-Hut was a kit that included the <a href="https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-power-supplies/products/official-raspberry-pi-universal-power-supply">"official" RPi power supply</a> (with the added benefit of four interchangeable international plugs).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">The <a href="https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-cases/products/raspberry-pi-case">case that comes part of the kit</a> is wonderfully straightforward and simple (though I will always have a soft spot for the hand-done ones Scott made some years back.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 August 2016 at 21:25, Stewart C. Russell via talk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" target="_blank">talk@gtalug.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 2016-08-04 01:26 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote:<br>
> I'm very happy with the RPi 3 that I bought recently from<br>
> <a href="https://thepihut.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thepihut.com/</a> (taking advantage of the post-Brexit drop in the<br>
> pound ;-) )<br>
<br>
</span>Their £30 is still ~ $51*, then you add shipping and the odds-on chance<br>
of getting hit with $16 of sales tax plus fee.<br>
<br>
Still, would be a good day to buy one, as there was just an official<br>
announcement of booting without an SD card today:<br>
<a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pi-3-booting-part-i-usb-mass-storage-boot/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.raspberrypi.org/<wbr>blog/pi-3-booting-part-i-usb-<wbr>mass-storage-boot/</a><br>
<br>
 Stewart<br>
<br>
*: though that price may include the UK's 20% sales tax, as it's almost<br>
always included in advertised prices<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left">Evan Leibovitch</div><div style="text-align:left">Geneva, CH</div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left">Em: evan at telly dot org</div></div><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left">Sk: evanleibovitch</div></div><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left">Tw: el56</div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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