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Customizations or upgrades? - ohuw67 - 08-21-2021
Hello community, does anyone know whether they will be selling the Pinebook Pro with custom specs in the future? Like more memory or disk capacity.
RE: Customizations or upgrades? - Arwen - 08-22-2021
You can replace the existing 64GB eMMC with a 128GB module. They are sold in the Pine Store. In theory, their are 256GB eMMC devices, but none have been packaged with a Pinebook Pro compatible mini-board, (and probably cost more than twice as much).
You can also install a M.2 NVMe flash drive, (NOT M.2 SATA).. Check the end-user verified compatible list. Their are many that simply use way too much power. Here is a link;
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinebook_Pro_Hardware_Accessory_Compatibility
The current Pinebook Pro CAN'T take any more memory. It's a limit of the SoC, (System on a Chip).
Their is a possibility of a new notebook computer from Pine64. It will likely have more memory, faster CPU, etc... But, Pine64 tends not to make public commitments until they can reasonably supply the product. At current guess, we think at least 1 year, and with the world the way it is now, possibly 2 years.
RE: Customizations or upgrades? - ohuw67 - 08-22-2021
(08-22-2021, 04:42 PM)Arwen Wrote: You can replace the existing 64GB eMMC with a 128GB module. They are sold in the Pine Store. In theory, their are 256GB eMMC devices, but none have been packaged with a Pinebook Pro compatible mini-board, (and probably cost more than twice as much).
You can also install a M.2 NVMe flash drive, (NOT M.2 SATA).. Check the end-user verified compatible list. Their are many that simply use way too much power. Here is a link;
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinebook_Pro_Hardware_Accessory_Compatibility
The current Pinebook Pro CAN'T take any more memory. It's a limit of the SoC, (System on a Chip).
Their is a possibility of a new notebook computer from Pine64. It will likely have more memory, faster CPU, etc... But, Pine64 tends not to make public commitments until they can reasonably supply the product. At current guess, we think at least 1 year, and with the world the way it is now, possibly 2 years.
Thanks. I'll keep an eye open for when they start shipping new devices. I like the Pinebook Pro's form factor, it's basically the same as my MacBook Air Mid-2012. I'd love to give it a try, but also would want to have something that I could use as a substitute for my Mac but there aren't that many Linux ARM laptops to choose from.
RE: Customizations or upgrades? - moonwalkers - 08-23-2021
The eMMC modules used by Pine64 are compatible with Hardkernel's eMMC modules (https://www.hardkernel.com/?s=emmc&post_type=product&lang=en), but very few other manufacturers use eMMC on mini-boards like these. So far I've seen 256GB eMMC only as stand-alone chips, sold by, e.g., Mouser. Those are BGA-packaged chips, so you'd need a to solder it yourself onto an appropriate module board.
RE: Customizations or upgrades? - ohuw67 - 08-23-2021
(08-23-2021, 01:29 PM)moonwalkers Wrote: The eMMC modules used by Pine64 are compatible with Hardkernel's eMMC modules (https://www.hardkernel.com/?s=emmc&post_type=product&lang=en), but very few other manufacturers use eMMC on mini-boards like these. So far I've seen 256GB eMMC only as stand-alone chips, sold by, e.g., Mouser. Those are BGA-packaged chips, so you'd need a to solder it yourself onto an appropriate module board.
Thank for sharing the information. I definitely might try to upgrade the memory to 256 GB when I get my hands on one of those.