>Chris Albertson albertson.chris at gmail.com >Thu May 23 15:19:17 EDT 2013 >The reason to buy >the pi, Ardurino, Launchpad or whatever is if you intend to "hack" the hardware. That's not my reason. >If not then just buy a cheap notebook for $50 or less That's not an equivalent for my needs. I'm not a time nut so I'm probably pursuing different goals.