rockbook

[stuartiannaylor]

...I would say 1080p & backlit keyboards on a rk3288 would be a complete mismatch in cost spectrum...

lol nothing compared to all those 2160p@60Hz@10bit TVs

Those TV's are not powered by a battery or embedded into the unit!? also doh rk3328 bit of number dyslexia there.

Its the whole point of a netbook and Asus are saying with a pinch of salt you can get up to 9 hours battery usage out of the RK3399 as it is.
If you embed high res HD screens & backlit keyboards you are going to kill battery life and make the unit very expensive with a relatively low end processor.

Back to the RK3399
There is a version of the RK3399 board where both Nagrace NT-V9 & Vorke Z3 have included sata.
Its not some horrid USB/Sata bridge its full blown PCIe 2.0 with 2 full Sata 3.0 ports.
The Nagrace does this weird thing with a USB3.0B male Interface which still getting my head round.
Both have gig ethernet & 802.11ac with ap & sta modes which for a board could be really handy.

The RK3399 has been designed with the aim of making a great chromebook and it would make an awesome linux netbook.
With the ability for on board true PCIe Sata 3.0 with no USB/Sata bridge fudge this could also make a great dev board on its own that is the big brother to the Rock64 at about double the price.

I have a gut feeling because of the the interest the RK3399 is getting from chromebooks, dev boards, tv boxes it will have the economies of scale where its price will drop and will be around long time.

I would love Pine to continue with the current Pinebook as a lowend netbook, skip the rock64 and utilize a RK3399 in an extremely versatile laptop maybe call it the PineLap as the step up to the Rock64 is only incremental or just offer it as a possible upgrade.
That RK3399 I want one as a dev board where the supplier has been clever enough to include 2x Sata3.0 ports.