02-14-2021, 01:33 AM
All I can comment on is that I am using the PBP with the latest Manjaro KDE Plasma Arm 20.12 with latest 1.29.21 stable update (booting off EMMC) and I find it snappy for what I use it for (I use the OpenGL compositor by the way).
I think it really depends on what you use it for, or what you expect of the PBP and also your personal tolerances. I use my PBP at work for note taking (SimpleNote) at meetings, company web apps, Internet (music and YouTube mostly), web based email (Outlook), LibreOffice and VSCode (Python). I do not play games on it or much that is heavy CPU or Graphics. Some people are more tolerant in what they consider snappy enough to not notice slowness or delay in getting work done. My primary machine at home is a ThinkPad P72 that is a much more powerful laptop...but I still do not find my PBP slow or frustrating...for what I do.
As for moving your current SD Card install to EMMC...I am sure that there is a way, but I have not tried. Rsync...DD...or if you have the EMMC USB adapter you can use another machine and your favorite cloning tool... I am sure someone will chime in with an easier way that I am just not thinking of. Moving to EMMC alone will be a definite performance change for the better.
I think it really depends on what you use it for, or what you expect of the PBP and also your personal tolerances. I use my PBP at work for note taking (SimpleNote) at meetings, company web apps, Internet (music and YouTube mostly), web based email (Outlook), LibreOffice and VSCode (Python). I do not play games on it or much that is heavy CPU or Graphics. Some people are more tolerant in what they consider snappy enough to not notice slowness or delay in getting work done. My primary machine at home is a ThinkPad P72 that is a much more powerful laptop...but I still do not find my PBP slow or frustrating...for what I do.
As for moving your current SD Card install to EMMC...I am sure that there is a way, but I have not tried. Rsync...DD...or if you have the EMMC USB adapter you can use another machine and your favorite cloning tool... I am sure someone will chime in with an easier way that I am just not thinking of. Moving to EMMC alone will be a definite performance change for the better.