$35 Raspberry Pi 2 Faster, Runs Windows 10

 

 

 

The Pi Foundation on Monday announced that it has released the latest version of its "entry-level PC." The Raspberry Pi 2 is now available for US$35, the same price as the previous Model B+.

This build-it-yourself computer features an 800MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, which will offer six times the performance of the previous system. It also includes double the memory with 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM.

The Raspberry Pi 2 will be fully compatible with the Pi 1, and because it utilizes the ARMv7 processor, it can run a full range of ARM GNU/Linux software including Snappy Ubuntu Core and, notably, Microsoft's Windows 10.

The Pi 2 is available now from retail partners including element14 and RS Components. 

Anyone who builds a PC around the Raspberry Pi 2 will have immediate access to open source Ubuntu. Additionally, the Pi Foundation announced that for the past six months they've been working closely with Microsoft to bring the forthcoming Windows 10 to Raspberry Pi 2.

The Pi 2 compatible version of Windows 10 will be available free of charge to those makers who purchased the system, the Foundation added. However, there could still be some limitations on what the Windows version might offer.