Thanks bro.. seem like purchasing the device with separate casing is much cheaper..
will get it either today or tmr..

done the order.. but seem like the one without casing not available in SG.
just know that I'm being charge RM20 for the shipping..

Thanks for the information bro
ordered Type B 1 unit with black casing
gonna slowly build it up

about the power adapter, does it supplied with the board or we need to buy separately? Should be standard and can be bought at any electrical shop right?

Noted on that bro. Thanks!

Guys just got mine model b fr element14. Can I powered it with any smartphone charger ?

I'm using my old samsung galaxy 5 charger.. IINS, it's only 0.5A.
Any idea what will happened if we use unsuitable power supply?

When there is insufficient juice from the power source, Pi will just power down and try to power up again, resulting in an endless on-and-off cycle.

so if the power is inadequate, it will only cause Pi to shutdown..
guess I'm ok since I didn't face any shutdown issue so far.. but the interface for the openelec seem like a bit lagging..

the funny thing is.. I use a 8GB sandisk card.. after I format it n install with the openelec, windows will show only 1GB space.. any idea why?

Using Pi for any GUI such as Debian lxde, XBMC and OpenELEC will have quite a significant lag of up to several seconds. Don't forget that basically it could be just as powerful as your mobile phones. It is no where near the performance of any HTPC.

Can someone explain to me how the two diodes (D1, D2) here protect the circuit?

Also why the 1N4008 since the voltages involved her are so low.
Won't the 1N4001 do as well?

how powerful is this small thing? I've seen some micro-micro factor like desktop from intel which cost thousand.

How powerful, depend your term powerful. Processing power this tiny device is not powerful but enough to run many Linux OS, and it have a GPU to output Full HD quality video. I have not try watching Full HD using Bluray iso, but other format are good and smooth.

Raspberry can be use for multiple things if you are a good coder. Can even be a good alarm system, small ECU and brain for many things.

Your coding and imagination is the limit of Raspberry. I still see people desiging Z80. This Z80 is almost 40 years old.

I find this really crazy:

http://www.elliottjrouse.com/postdoctoral-research/

raspi used to control a prosthetic knee!