05-09-2019, 10:33 AM
(05-04-2019, 06:23 AM)ioo Wrote:Quote:wudo
Will an ANSI keyboard be an option or will the Pinebook Pro be ISO keyboard only? I love everything else about the Pinebook Pro so far but every other computer I use has an ANSI keyboard
Speaking as someone who has had both ANSI and ISO keyboards as their primary keyboard, I wouldn't worry too much about that. It's very easy to get used to and even switching between them isn't much of an issue.
Another new guy here, saw Linus' video about the Pinebook and that led meanderingly to my finding this image: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/01/pine...oming-soon of the Pinebook Pro. A simple, straightforward ARM-based laptop with an ANSI keyboard layout only slightly ruined with that power key/delete key/backslash key/right ctrl key fiasco. But the spec sheet calls for an ISO keyboard, and I find this: https://imgur.com/a/zMmKBrq linked in this thread.
An ISO keyboard is a 100% dealbreaker for me. If I get a row of backslashes every time I reach for left shift or pound/hash every time I go for Return, I'm gonna break the thing over my knee in under an hour. I'm not going to pay $200 for the privilege of fighting decades of muscle memory all to save the inconvenience of undocking my main laptop two or three times a week. I have a need for a small, cheap, low-power Linux laptop (basically, I want a battery powered bash shell with a physical keyboard) but ALL of them have ISO keyboards. Not a single model of ARM Linux laptop conforms to the industry standards of my region. I'm not even sure why these are priced in USD, surely Euro would be more appropriate?
