Andrew H

Gumstix are also ~2-3x the price of the Arduino mini, and with a great deal more complexity. Gumstix and Arduino have totally different purposes and different compromises. They can co-exist quite happily as seperate products, one doesn't have to 'win' over the other.

I'm just getting into electronics after a long hiatus, and the arduino is perfect for me as a Java programmer, as I can program it, and know the code side is right and then test my electronics implementation. And since it was $32 for the physically larger version (a Diecimila clone, called Freeduino) it was far more affordable. I've already got it talking to an LCD display, and written a program to scroll the text on that display.

slightly offtopic: what was the point of the rusty Karmann-Ghia for this post's picture? ^^;

4. Aaron:
Driver, while flawed is a profitable franchise. There's also a very positive media and fan coverage (that includes reviews of the magazine demo that's available for all and sundry to try) that tend to show that Driver: Parallel Lines won't be a 'stinker'

The problem for brits like myself is that 'RS' sounds like 'arse'

Having said that, the xbox 360's name round here is 'mud'...