Pinebook Pro Initial Impressions

[richfm]

richfm,  
*  I am Sorry you are having difficulty with your wifi.

If this were not a single board computer,  you could just unplug that wifi card and plug in a new one.  (?)

* Though I do wonder if one of the wifi modules for sale on the pine web store could solve your problem  ? *

I Do Doubt they could test every component before soldering it to the motherboard,    (even a tinkerer could find that tiresome.?)

Have you attempted using a usb/wifi adapter just to compare the performance.?

Even a larger company does have an occasional non-standard unit slip through.

TRY   ...  to not take it personally,  I am pretty sure they do attempt to deliver quality merchandise.

I am certain I would have been sad (very upset)  if I had the same problems...

*  I Do think some of us had our fingers crossed when we ordered our PBP's hoping we would receive a "working laptop", 
 and,  Most of us did get just that.

*  I sincerely hope they offer you an acceptable solution, 
****  be it another laptop,  or maybe a motherboard,  something to correct the problem.end to buy a

Thanks for your reply, bcnaz.

I don't intend to buy a usb/wifi adapter at this point. Why spend more money chasing a problem that I didn't create? What would that prove? I don't take anything personally, just recognize that I lucked out with the malfunctioning PBP that Pine64 sent me and which, up to now, haven't replaced. Shit happens. I DO expect ANY company which sells me damaged or malfunctioning equipment to promptly replace the unit at their cost.

Don't get me wrong. I generally like the PBP enough to want a working replacement and don't mind playing around with it to fix it's several problems, like firefox crashing and chromium settings crashing. I researched and fixed these problems. It's the problems that I cannot fix like malfunctioning hardware that is another matter.