On 4/23/2017 6:18 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
> I was just wondering if someone could use a Pi as a low cost web
> surfer.
>
> Would a Pi work to use a TV as a monitor?
>
> I was thinking that living in an area where there is no Internet
> access or in homes that can't afford Internet access could use a phone
> to tether to the Pi and use the TV as a monitor to do Facebook and web
> surfing.

I'm not sure why you would need to use an rPi in place of a computer
just because you are using a phone as your Internet connection, but
sure, why not?

I tried using an early rPi model B and it was not a very good platform
for a browser because it was so slow and had such limited memory.  You
might think web surfing would not require much from a computer, but the
early rPi was a bit too lame.  I have heard of others using the faster 2
and the 3 is a quad core.  One of those two would be much better than
the original that I have.

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Rick C

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