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 --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
