Looking to score yourself a super-cheap, $5 computer? If the recent release of the Raspberry Pi Zero got you a little interested, but you dawdled at buying the super-tiny PC because you weren't quite sure what little projects you could integrate it into, then we have some bad news to report. The Raspberry Pi Zero has all but sold outand it took less than 24 hours or so for all of the little piece of silicon to do so. The edition of the MagPi magazine that comes with a Raspberry Pi Zero is also pretty much sold out.

"Right now it appears that we've sold every individual Zero we made (that's roughly 20,000 units) and most of the 10,000 MagPi issues with cover-mounted units; people are scouring the country for the last few Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury and Smiths branches that haven't sold out," Eben Upton, the Raspberry Pi Foundation's founder, said in an interview with Wired.

And don't even think about going to some third-party auction site like eBay to pick one up, if you missed your opportunity. You'll likely get a little disheartened at the annoying "entrepreneurs" who are now trying to sell the Raspberry Pi computerwhich comes with a mini-HDMI port, two MicroUSB ports, and a 1GHz Broadcom SoC (a bit faster than the previous Raspberry Pi's 700MHz chip)for seven times the price, in some cases.

"We will continue to make Zeros for as long as you guys want them. It looks like demand will continue to outstrip supply for a while if yesterday's rush is anything to go by, but we're doing our very best to keep channels open, and we advise you not to buy from scalpers on eBay, because ... karma," reads a statement from the Raspberry Pi Foundation's head of communications, Liz Upton.

(Copies of the magazine with the Raspberry Pi Zero included are going for anywhere from around $30 to north of $125. If you subscribe, though, you'll eventually get the issuea second print run is being looked into.)

And if you're in the U.S., you still have a few options if you want to get your hands on a Raspberry Pi Zero:

"At the time of writing, Micro Center still has stock of the Zero itself, at $5. You can reserve online but you'll have to visit a store in person: while we're still in shortage they're not selling online. We think all other online outlets are sold out now. The magazine with a free Zero on the cover will land in Barnes&Noble and Micro Center in about three weeks. (We print in the UK and ocean freight the magazine to the USA to keep costs down, which takes a little while.) Again, we'll let you know on Twitter and Facebook, and we'll make sure that there's a note at the top of the blog here on the day as well," reads the Raspberry Pi blog.

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