On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 12:22:20PM -0500, Alex Volkov via talk wrote:
Hey Everyone,
It looks like Pine64 are releasing Pinebook Pro, a laptop that I'm actually willing to pay money for and then use.
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7093&pid=43850#pid43850
Specs:
* 14" 1080p IPS LCD panel * 64/128GB of eMMC storage* * Black magnesium alloy body * SD card slot * Digital video output via USB-C up to 4K60hz * Audio aux out / UART * USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports * 802.11ac WiFi * Bluetooth 4.2 * 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM * Charging via barrel port or USB-C * Rockchip RK3399 ; big.LITTLE Hexacore A72/A53 SOC * 2mpx front-facing camera * Microphone * Speakers * Slim and slick design with minimal branding * PCIe x4 that can take a m.2 NVMe SSD using an optional adapter * Target Price: $199
Looking on the picture the things I like:
* Regular keyboard with thick keys and minimal amount of weirdness (the location of 'Delete' button is questionable, but I'll live with that.
Never mind delete, who thought moving the '\ and |' key? Swap it with delete which is hardly ever used, but | sure is. Eek. And yeah I am a month late replying, apparently it is possible to neglegt your email for a month. Somehow.
* 1080p IPS scree should be pretty nice
* NVM.e slot
At least I can definitely replace my acer chrome book 11, which works when I need a very light computer in a pinch to dump video from my camera or browse the web, but not much else.
I'm hoping that the product would be successful enough that there's going to be a release of a version with 8GB of RAM -- that would put it on par with ultrabooks.
Thought I don't think Pinebook Pro ever going to meet its $200 US target price.
Thoughts?
Looks interesting. If they fix the keyboard. Otherwise no way. I won't buy something that will keep pissing me off when trying to use it. -- Len Sorensen