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Ok, another request for recommendations (this one will probably be best answered by Gordon I suspect). I'm only a few years late, but I finally need to buy myself a couple of Pis for various hackjobs and overdue projects. Believe it or not, I still haven't even seen one yet, let alone hacked on one. Not wanting to waste time or money, I'm keen to avoid arseing about with random flaky power supplies, dodgy SD cards or unsupported USB hubs and I don't mind paying extra to get that flawless, no hassle "everything works out of the box" experience. I want a Pi (or 5) with: # a nice little case, although I don't mind ordering this separately # decent compatible SD card, at least 16Gb # USB hub that will work immediately # no hassle PSU that will drive everything correctly I'm only interested in model B's which I understand have just been refreshed, so I don't want the old model. Recommendations for suitable USB wifi dongles that play nicely with Pis would be appreciated too, although most of them will probably be wired. Is there any possibility of driving these things with PoE by the way? I've got a bunch of expensive PoE 24 port gigabit switches that so far are only driving a couple of Cisco VOIP phones. I've been browsing Element14's website amongst others but there is too much choice - I really want to just order a package and have everything work with zero hassle when I unbox it. Again, any recommendations would be appreciated. Cheers * In case anyone is wondering, yes, I am home alone, the missus is away and unusually I have the credit card, hence the shopping spree :] I'm also looking at 3D printers, but that is one highly confusing field... Anyone got one yet? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq