07-14-2020, 12:02 PM
I would like to add that there is a clear benefit if the tech spec of the Pinebook Pro stays stable for quite some time.
All development can focus on a fixed target and the progress the developer make can improve the PBP bit by bit.
Also the knowledge about little details increases in a way that would never happen if the PBP would be replaced by a different tech soon. A larger chunk of users would then move to the new platform and never have the incentive to dig deep into the existing tech.
So it might be actually an advantage if the tech does not change all the time. Just to remember what people did with an Amiga or C64 at the end of their lifetime in the demo scene. That was breathtaking.
One area where it might make sense to think about changes are small improvements to fix annoying niggles like:
- the mentioned drain of the battery in full power (maybe something could be done ?)
- very high pitched sound sometimes (Most distros have a way to turn that off, but sometimes it comes back)
- the small black plastic thingies that fall out when you open the back and that have to placed in exactly the right way to avoid potential damage
- my display frame broke in one spot and I have read reports of similar cases ( I could fix it with super glue, but maybe there is something that can be looked into to avoid this ?)
Maybe other user have different additions to the list and then they can be analysed and maybe some can be solved?
Bottom line, I am actually not keen to have a new tech release of the PBP but a revised version with a few niggles fixed and the same tech might be something ?
All development can focus on a fixed target and the progress the developer make can improve the PBP bit by bit.
Also the knowledge about little details increases in a way that would never happen if the PBP would be replaced by a different tech soon. A larger chunk of users would then move to the new platform and never have the incentive to dig deep into the existing tech.
So it might be actually an advantage if the tech does not change all the time. Just to remember what people did with an Amiga or C64 at the end of their lifetime in the demo scene. That was breathtaking.
One area where it might make sense to think about changes are small improvements to fix annoying niggles like:
- the mentioned drain of the battery in full power (maybe something could be done ?)
- very high pitched sound sometimes (Most distros have a way to turn that off, but sometimes it comes back)
- the small black plastic thingies that fall out when you open the back and that have to placed in exactly the right way to avoid potential damage
- my display frame broke in one spot and I have read reports of similar cases ( I could fix it with super glue, but maybe there is something that can be looked into to avoid this ?)
Maybe other user have different additions to the list and then they can be analysed and maybe some can be solved?
Bottom line, I am actually not keen to have a new tech release of the PBP but a revised version with a few niggles fixed and the same tech might be something ?