Tech news is usually about the newest most impressive and, let’s face it most expensive, tech out there. The Raspberry Pi 2 is at the other end of the spectrum, it does it’s job for what looks like an absurdly low price, now with improved processing speed.
The Raspberry Pi is a series of credit card-sized single-board computers developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic computer science in schools. The original Raspberry Pi and subsequent more refined models including the Model B+ had a processor that ran at 700 MHz by default and could be overclocked as for as 1000 MHz. The new Raspberry Pi 2 uses a new a quad core ARM Cortex A7 processor which takes the device from the realm of the antique and into the realm of modern, if by no means top-of the line, processing power. This has been rated by the developer as a X6 increase in processing power. On board memory on the Pi 2 has also doubled from 512MB to 1GB. The Pi 2 also retains the form factor as its predecessor Pi Model B+ board to ensure backwards compatibility with adds-ons, accessories, online tutorials and the like.
With the improved specs this is starting to look like a decent entry level PC especially for start-up businesses, there is a web browser, you can instal LibreOffice on it. If you can type at it and search the Web many employers will be satisfied, not being able to do anything more complex could even be considered a boon to productivity in some circles. However the Raspberry Pi 2 allows for better image processing and graphics work on top of such basic functions making it much more flexible.