(07-28-2019, 05:24 PM)peruses Wrote:(07-27-2019, 05:33 PM)tllim Wrote: No plan to produce 11.6" Pinebook Pro at current time. However, who has the 11.6" Pinebook can using Pinebook Pro upgrade kit and upgrade to Pinebook Pro. Upgrade kit plan on release on October 2019.
So this brings an intersting question. If one were to buy up an 11.6" pinebook and a pinebook pro could they simply swap the mainboards to have a speedy useable little machine to travel with, and a big bright low powered sceen for reading in front of the tv?
Not saying I'm nuts enough to do so, but I might be.
Well, we've promised an upgrade path for existing Pinebook users to a pro-like Pinebook. This means that, in time, you'll be able to just buy the Pinebook Pro main-board and other bits and bobs needed and put them inside the 11.6" Pinebook. The problems that needs to be resolved are 1) flashing keyboard/ trackpad firmware (working on it - as its something we'll deliver for the Pinebook Pro) and 2) cooling/ heat dissipation. So, when this will happen? I don't know - not anytime soon (there are many reasons; its late, and I am too tired to list them now).
Regarding #2); you cannot just put the RK3399 naked into a plastic shell and hope all will be well, because it won't. One option is to sell a metal bottom of the 11" laptop shell, which the SOC would make contact with via a thermal pad or something similar. But that means convincing the case vendor to make a (small) production run on just one part of the case ... that's not ideal, and potentially quite pricey. There's also the small issue of making white metal match white plastic - its isn't easy ... There are other options too, of course, but those will have to be researched, then tested for efficiency and evaluated for costs.