Those upgrades, the Raspberry Pi Foundation says, make the Pi 2 Model B a much more powerful computer -- not just a good computer for its $35 price.

A solid option, assuming you’re on an older RPi model If you’re using an older, low-memory Raspberry Pi board, FreedomBox is a great way to put your ancient SBC to good use. Compatible with ...

There is also a software download available from the element 14 Pi Desktop page which adds the necessary functionality to the Raspbian operating system to make the On/Off switch, RTC and SSD work ...

Simply plug the Raspberry Pi 2 into an electrical socket with the provided AC plug and it'll boot up. A window will appear with a list of different operating systems you can install.

The operating system, called Pixel, has been reworked to run on Apple machines and other personal computers. It aims to make the Raspberry Pi's software as accessible as its hardware.

We give our first impressions of the $35 Raspberry Pi, an intriguing, eminently affordable hobbyist computer.

The new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B fixes the most glaring issues of the three-year-old original Pi, and even better, it manages to do so at the same $35 price point of its predecessor.