The Pinebook Pro Preorder System!

[richfm]

So while we are waiting... I'd love to chat about what all of us planning on doing with our Pinebook Pros.  If you are replacing something else with it, what are you replacing?

Personally I've been trying to transition all of my hardware to low powered ARM devices in an effort to both reduce my environmental impact and to try and do more with less.  As a professional software developer, I have recently realized how wasteful we tend to be.  Prior to this I decommissioned my Intel based desktop "server" with Ubuntu in favor of four ODroid XU4Qs running Armbian.  Expanding this project to encompass my personal laptop is the primary reason that I'm interested in the PBP.  I plan on attempting to replace my Purism Librem 15 running Arch with the PBP.  The PBP is by far the most promising Linux compatible ARM laptop to come along yet and I figure with enough time and effort I can make it work.

I'm replacing an ASUS Vivobook L402W which I bought after my Thinkpad finally died. I hate the Vivobook; I get on less than 2 hours battery time just surfing the web on this new laptop. With Windows 10 installed, it kept freezing so I reinstalled Windows several times until I finally gave up and installed Ubuntu. It doesn't freeze up anymore but battery life is the same. I am also replacing an ASUS chromebook whose accelerometer stopped working. ASUS tech support returned the product without fixing the proble so I donated it. Needless to say I won't be buying another ASUS product.

I'm really looking forward to using the Pinebook Pro. The specs look good, the price is right, it is made for Linux. There's no rush as I continue to use the Vivibook until the Pinebook arrives. When the Pinebook Pro arrives, I'll relegate the Vivobook to a back up laptop.