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.

* 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?

Alex.