Pinebook Pro?

[favio]

me too! im new to pine products... looking forward to get the pinebook pro aswell.. im trying to see objectives benchmarks of the RK3399 board but none so far in youtube..

[jaredcisme]

<------Count this new user in for a Pinebook Pro on launchday!

[underscore]

Somehow followed the rabbit down the hole to this thread...  Excited about the Pinebook Pro.  Tired of OSX myself, about would love to go back to using a Linux desktop for light hacking, general use, and love the opensource/hacking ethos of the Pine64.  I did read through the thread and saw that while there are definitely people interested in the backlit keyboard, the build cost apparently makes it a no go.  Out of curiosity, what is the difference?  Purely for selfish reasons, I tend to find myself hacking away in the dark often, and definitely appreciate a backlit keyboard when I do.  Would it be possible to offer a backlit keyboard as an optional upgrade?

[favio]

Question: WIll be possible to add a small heatsink to an nvme ssd and still close the back body? Nvme tend to get really hot. Im seeing 2-5mm heatsinks

[Luke]

Question: WIll be possible to add a small heatsink to an nvme ssd and still close the back body? Nvme tend to get really hot. Im seeing 2-5mm heatsinks

I imagine there will be enough space for a very slim piece of metal (heatsink) or perhaps a thermal pad to make contact with the bottom of the Pinebok Pro which is metal.

[MECZero]

Bookmarked! Definitely interested in a more powerful Pinebook!

[ivanB1975]

I read that the pinebook pro will have 4GB of RAM. Would not be better to have at least 8 if not 16? I am a software developer and I use a lot local containers.

[Luke]

I read that the pinebook pro will have 4GB of RAM. Would not be better to have at least 8 if not 16? I am a software developer and I use a lot local containers.

This has been asked and answered a few times already, but I'll make the exception and answer again ... the SOC supports up-to 4GB RAM, and hence there is no way to have and support more RAM memory.

[ivanB1975]

I read that the pinebook pro will have 4GB of RAM. Would not be better to have at least 8 if not 16? I am a software developer and I use a lot local containers.

This has been asked and answered a few times already, but I'll make the exception and answer again ... the SOC supports up-to 4GB RAM, and hence there is no way to have and support more RAM memory.

Thanks, pity. Otherwise it would be a very good alternative. Anyway it is still worth considering it.

[z4v4l]

Even the most expensive SBCs have at maximum 6 GB of RAM. Most (if not all) current SoCs used are not able to handle 8 GB, not to mention 16 GB. It's restrictions of internal DDR controllers. Adding more capable DDR controllers, able to handle 8+ GB of RAM, would lift up the price of the SoC significantly. It's not PC realm, it's mini-PC. And honestly, with efficient software on board, 4 GB is very good. For a power efficient laptop. software development by its nature (not counting building huge projects) is not the hungriest use case. If your development stack cannot stand with 4 GB, it's BLOAT.