On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross < maillist_arm-netbook@aross.me> wrote:
hmm, I guess more people will get emotional attached to rpi. :(
...is it just me, or is the idea of a $35 (ish) computer that requires a $100+ monitor (or some *really* clever jiggering and something that can receive blurry ugly composite video) in order simply to have a display... well, doesn't that seem a little stupid? Above all else, the Pi is (theoretically) supposed to be a hacker/maker-friendly, hobbyist-friendly, super-low-cost computer. There really aren't many display interfaces in the world that are *less* hacker/maker- and hobbyist-friendly than HDMI. Besides, all my displays are VGA only -- and I'm not in a hurry to change that. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, you know? As far as I'm concerned, HDMI can go play a nice long game of Hide And Go **** Yourself.
tl;dr I'm buying a RasPi if it doesn't have a VGA port or some otherwise native support for VGA.
@Luke -- I remember you're particular about etiquette -- I hope I'm not screwing it up -- I'm a little rusty :(