Keyboard backlight and logo on laptop cover!?

[moonwalkers]

I'd bet that could attract attention of Mac users that might end up buying one Pinebook to support the project.

Dream on. Vast majority of Mac users I've dealt with (and I dealt with a lot of them) are either die hard pragmatists that just want their shit get done with as little hassle as possible, or hardcore fanbois that will sooner die than admit Apple ever done anything wrong or there is anything better than Apple's products. And let's face it, other than freedom and price, arguably - keyboard, and completely subjectively - style, PBP is not superior to any Apple laptops in any way. That includes getting shit done with as little hassle as possible - despite vastly more mature software today than even a year ago, both PBP in particular and Linux in general are still far behind the appliance-like streamlined experience of Macs, not even speaking of performance.

Speaking of subjective - IMHO all those glowing logos are just gaudy kitsch. There, I said it, you can start throwing things at me now. From the more practical viewpoint - if it is implemented the same way as in Macs, if you happen to have a bright light source behind your screen you'll see that logo in reverse, especially on a dark screen. Happened to me more than once when I had to use MBP at work.

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Has anyone tried to add backlight to the keyboard? Are there any plans to add one to shipped units?

This will raise the price of PBP, I'm certain of it. And based on the Pine64's stated MO that would go against their goals.

I wouldn't mind though if there was an option of configurable SKUs - if people could choose whether they want logos or not (I don't), keyboard backlit or not (I don't), etc.

P.S.: Hmm, one thing that could buy my undying loyalty to Pine would be an addition of a solid TrackPoint implementation.