Raspberry PI 2 model b for niece

new numa hey · 15 Jul 2015 at 13:09

Hello.

I've been playing with my Raspberry PI for a while now and it seems fairly solid.
Recently my niece has been asking for a PC just to browse the internet, use office and time to time watch a movie.
I know Libre Office isn't perfect for doc formats but from my experience it gets the job done. Browsing is smooth as hell so I don't see a problem there.

Am I seeing something wrong or is the raspi a perfect solution?

Thank you.

Smit · 15 Jul 2015 at 15:32

Depends on what you mean by watch a movie from time to time (where is the video source).

As far as I know you still can't watch Netflix on a raspberry pi (I think Amazon Prime Instant video is possible through kodi plugins but not entirely sure about that)

Steveocee · 16 Jul 2015 at 08:17

Would be fine as a media device, using XBMC (Kodi). It would probably just about suffice as a web browser but office work it will start to drag a bit.

Probably be better with a cheap laptop from one of the big retailers.

KIA · 16 Jul 2015 at 15:19

Get her a laptop.

Onayme · 17 Jul 2015 at 18:24

The standard distribution, Raspbian, includes a program called OMXplayer that can be used to watch movies. It even supports HD movies, so you are OK as far as watching movies goes.

gpuerrilla · 17 Jul 2015 at 23:43

For £30 its a great piece of kit, she may even learn a little using it. I know you have to get SD card and adaptor etc but for less than £100 its a steal. You can even run windows 10 on it..

mortals · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:58

new numa hey said:
Recently my niece has been asking for a PC just to browse the internet, use office and time to time watch a movie

Am I seeing something wrong or is the raspi a perfect solution?

KIA said:
Get her a laptop.

completely agree with this
get her a netbook or a laptop

if you are technically minded you could even get linux running on a cheap chromebook as most new intel based ones come with coreboot + seabios

I'm not against rasp pi etc, just seems like many people ignore the other dependencies & costs involved.

I'm sure it's still cheap but it's not usable as a portable computer. (I know this wasn't part of the question but it's an advantage)

Th0nt said:
You can even run windows 10 on it..

Isn't it Windows 10 IoT ? (not desktop)