[colug-432] Raspberry Pi help needed

[Bill Baker]

Thanks, but I just took it back and got a regular Raspberry Pi.  It only
cost about $13 extra for everything I bought with it.  I thought I was
getting a deal on an already put together Pi and I could configure it as
I wanted, but it sounds like I would have had to at least buy another
microSD card anyway since that one doesn't come with its own miniSD
adaptor and I didn't have any laying around.


On 01/22/2017 04:03 PM, Rob Funk wrote:
> On Saturday, January 21, 2017 9:48:01 PM EST, Bill Baker wrote:
>> I bought a PowerSpec Raspberry Pi ThinLinX tonight from Micro Center.  I
>> was attracted by the fact that it was $50 for everything I wanted (or so
>> I thought) down from its normal price of $80.  I got it home and tried
>> to boot it up.  After booting, I realized that it was just a thin
>> client.
> Yeah, the ThinkLinX site says it's a thin client OS...
>
>>  I want a full operating system on it.  I tried opening it up to
>> get the MicroSD card out, but I can't seem to do that without breaking
>> it.  Is there any way that anyone knows of to just load Raspbian on
>> this?  Or should I just take it back to Micro Center and get myself a
>> normal Raspberry Pi?
> The reviews of that product on the website include one describing how to 
> open the case, and one describing how to access the sd card without opening 
> the case.
>
> http://www.microcenter.com/product/462684/Fully_Assembled_Raspberry_Pi_3_Starter_Kit
>
> Once you can get to the sd card you can put whatever OS you want on there.
>
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