Pros: This is a great unit. I have setup a couple of operating systems on separate ad cards one for hi def videos on my big screen and one for file transfer and other office options. I'm still new to this and I'm not sure all the functions I can do with this. but I'm figuring that out every day. I have some other items ordered for using with this.I have a wireless keyboard and mouse combo that works well and and waiting for the wireless connector to show. I copied the OS and it ran first time everything worked out of the box. Not much in the way of instructions with it but you can go to the web site for that. http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/

Cons: None

Pros: I Bought this for my Little Brother (he’s 13) for a school project (I didn’t help him program it he did it all himself so it must be easy to use) he used it as a FM Transmitter and it works really well now that project is over he uses it to stream Netflix and other media server uses...

Cons: Should have bought 2

Pros: -Tiny size -Great performance for the price -Versatile -Great learning tool -Fun to experiment with I have rarely been as happy with a purchase as I am with this one. This thing is just amazing for what it costs. I can stream video off my external hard drive with no issues at all, making this an amazing mini media device. Cases for it can be found for less than $5 or made out of just about anything if you like to make custom cases. Has a lot of potential for experimenting with. Just looking around online can give you a ton of ideas to try to do with a Raspberry Pi.

Cons: While this isn't by any means hard to figure out, it certainly can be a lot to take in when trying to learn new things on it. There are tutorials for most anything you could want to do with it online. As long as you are willing to research some, it is amazing. However if you are not willing to research much, I could see this becoming a frustrating device to figure out.

Overall Review: Including the Pi itself, a case, an SD card, and a couple USB controllers, I spent a total of $65 getting a great functional home media device. It would be very easy to swap the SD card with another and give it a whole new purpose.

Pros: Fantastic device. Some of the highlights are; 1. OS on an SD card - allows you to try out various OS's with little to no work. Can switch easily between openelec and raspbian easily. 2. RCA video output + audio port - add a 3.5 mm to RCA audio cable and you can plug this in to your old (seriously old) tv and have an HTPC on it. 3. Ultra low power - leave it on all the time, no worries about power consumption. 4. Accessories - there's tonnes of them, newegg needs to get in on it. I bought this specifically to hook up to an old 27" television I had. When I came accross the Pi, I was pleased that it had the RCA outs and had to give it a try. For less than $70 bucks in parts (Pi, cables, SD card, case), plus an old 500 GB HD I had a fully functional HTPC for an old TV.

Cons: Not the greatest HTPC out there, but like I said, you can hook it up to anything with RCA inputs. Good luck doing that with anything else. Openelec slows down drastically if you let it download album covers, artwork, etc., but it doesn't affect video playback, just the smoothness of the interface. I'm playing back SD and 720p content, so I can't comment on it's 1080p abilities.

Overall Review: This item should have inspired me to do more with it, but I just haven't gotten around to it. Would love to start some projects out there on the web.

Pros: Credit card form factor. Great for linux enthusiasts, programmers, and electronics projects. The GPIO port can attach to LEDs, Servos, relays. Used for projects ranging from home media centers, to robotics, to home automation. Full hardware mpeg2 decoder (with additional license) and great video performance at 1080p!

Cons: ARM processor is not x86 compatible. (Not necessarily a con, but something worth noting). The system is compared to a 300MHz Pentium II - though it can be overclocked up to 1GHz, and does not feel as slow as a PII to me.

Overall Review: There are tons of case selections, and accessories available elsewhere. Hopefully Newegg starts to carry those items as well.

Pros: Best $40 blown. Got my device earlier and it is what it seems to be: fully functioning computer in a tiny package. Slap an OS on it and code around and this little slab can be anything from a PC to a home theater to a game console to a core component in a special application. Home surveillance, robotics, you name a function a computer can be and it does it, as long as you have a 5V 1A power brick to spare, a video cord, a keyboard and an 8 GB SD Card. Runs warm but not too warm, very versatile in what it supports. Best birthday gift ever.

Cons: No peripherals included, you just get the pi. No in-box instructions, you'll need to hit the website for them and flash the SD card yourself. ...that's it, that's all I've got. Even installing is easy if you follow instructions properly.

Overall Review: This sucker's my new home theater and emulation console for my man cave. And I am one happy man.

Pros: Cheap Overclocks easy Compact Design Easy Setup GPIO pins and Python

Cons: slow not for normal computing (docs, browsing) license fees to unlock hardware codecs for video

Overall Review: If you are into micro processors/controls programming it is a nice platform. Also good for vintage video emulator. Not an everyday cheap computer or tablet. Have not tried media or HTPC abilities. I bought it to learn Python and compliment my Arduino Uno and do breadboard projects and controls. With lots of effort and determination I got my Rocketfish BT Keyboard/Mouse combo to work.

Pros: Why I like the Pi is the GPIO slot. Using either i2c or SPI, it is really simple to set the Pi up as the central control point for a network of microcontrollers. In addition to the ethernet port and a collection of freely available web servers (might take a bit of googling), with just a basic knowledge of programming and electronics it becomes easy to set up a web controlled network, limited only by your imagination.

Cons: With a whopping 700mhz ARM CPU, using it as a laptop/desktop replacement is tough. These days I just end up running it headless and controlling it through SSH.