I received the Quartz64 earlier today during lunch time, my first Pine64 product that isn't a PinePhone.
The first thing I noticed that's radically different from the PinePhone is that I wasn't charged for customs this time, literally just a guy saying my name + "is this correct", I say "yes", and the guy gives my the box, smiles, and runs back to the elevator.
Maybe because shipment was done by UPS this time instead of DHL/SAGAWA?
I didn't set anything up yet because I'm still at work at the time of posting, I did insert the eMMC chip and put the thing into the protective case which I ordered at the same time though.
I'm pretty excited to play around with it over the weekend, I might order more in the near future, but only bought 1 for now as a little sandbox so I can see how ready it's going to be as a VPS replacement.
Overall, I'm pretty enthusiastic about Pine64 in general, PinePhone is still serving me very well, though I do hope that either Megi's kernel would finally come to Mobian, or Plasma Mobile would mature sooner (and preferrably the latter would become more desktop-like rather than the Android-wanabee it's becoming), because the one draw back is still the battery life on Phosh and the lag + lack of localization on Plamo.
I was always forced to hold back on Linux laptops in general because none of them come with an (optional) Japanese keyboard layout.
But it's getting more and more apparent that we're heading towards a pretty sad future when it comes to laptops, as they are becoming less repairable, more expensive, they break faster, software and hardware get more locked in and such, but hey, at least they're getting thinner and sexier right?
And then if you look at Windows 11's system requirements, it seems like Microsoft is going to force laptop makers to turning laptops into some kind of PaaS (PC as a Service), right in line with Klaus Schwab's "you'll own nothing and be happy about it" vision.
My laptop I bought only 1.5 years ago already started crashing entirely every time I'd connect to WiFi with no way of opening it using any normal screw driver, every replacement laptop is twice the amount I paid for this one at the exact same specs etc, so I thought "fuck the lack of Japanese keyboard layouts, I'll just buy a PineBook Pro once it's finally available again regardless".
The first thing I noticed that's radically different from the PinePhone is that I wasn't charged for customs this time, literally just a guy saying my name + "is this correct", I say "yes", and the guy gives my the box, smiles, and runs back to the elevator.
Maybe because shipment was done by UPS this time instead of DHL/SAGAWA?
I didn't set anything up yet because I'm still at work at the time of posting, I did insert the eMMC chip and put the thing into the protective case which I ordered at the same time though.
I'm pretty excited to play around with it over the weekend, I might order more in the near future, but only bought 1 for now as a little sandbox so I can see how ready it's going to be as a VPS replacement.
Overall, I'm pretty enthusiastic about Pine64 in general, PinePhone is still serving me very well, though I do hope that either Megi's kernel would finally come to Mobian, or Plasma Mobile would mature sooner (and preferrably the latter would become more desktop-like rather than the Android-wanabee it's becoming), because the one draw back is still the battery life on Phosh and the lag + lack of localization on Plamo.
I was always forced to hold back on Linux laptops in general because none of them come with an (optional) Japanese keyboard layout.
But it's getting more and more apparent that we're heading towards a pretty sad future when it comes to laptops, as they are becoming less repairable, more expensive, they break faster, software and hardware get more locked in and such, but hey, at least they're getting thinner and sexier right?
And then if you look at Windows 11's system requirements, it seems like Microsoft is going to force laptop makers to turning laptops into some kind of PaaS (PC as a Service), right in line with Klaus Schwab's "you'll own nothing and be happy about it" vision.
My laptop I bought only 1.5 years ago already started crashing entirely every time I'd connect to WiFi with no way of opening it using any normal screw driver, every replacement laptop is twice the amount I paid for this one at the exact same specs etc, so I thought "fuck the lack of Japanese keyboard layouts, I'll just buy a PineBook Pro once it's finally available again regardless".
母語は日本語ですが、英語も喋れます（ｒｙ