05-18-2021, 04:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-18-2021, 05:55 AM by dsimic.
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@Unkn0wn sold this first-batch PineBook Pro to me, at a heavily discounted price and with free international shipping, as a contribution toward fixing some of the already identified hardware issues. This is much appreciated! The laptop arrived a couple of days ago; as originally intended, I'll use it to develop and test fixes for some of the issues. Of course, all findings will be well documented and publicly available, for the benefit of the entire community.
As a side note, it's rather surprising how much the inside (plastic) and outside (metal) surfaces of this first-batch PineBook Pro differ from the PineBook Pro I'm using, which came from the second batch. The difference is significant and most noticeable on the front and back metal covers: on the second-batch PineBook Pro, the metal covers are much more shiny and more slick to the touch. The fit of the back cover also seems to be slightly worse in the first batch.
Also, the touchpad buttons are much more "clicky" on the first-batch PineBook Pro, and the clicks sound somewhat hollow; on the second-batch touchpad, the clicks are much more "thunky". Unfortunately, the first-batch touchpad is still "laggy" and "jumpy", for the lack of a better way to describe that issue. Surprisingly, the font used on the keycaps (it's the ISO variant) is significantly different compared with the font used on the second-batch ANSI PineBook Pro I'm using.
Once again, @Unkn0wn, thank you very much! I really appreciate it!
As a side note, it's rather surprising how much the inside (plastic) and outside (metal) surfaces of this first-batch PineBook Pro differ from the PineBook Pro I'm using, which came from the second batch. The difference is significant and most noticeable on the front and back metal covers: on the second-batch PineBook Pro, the metal covers are much more shiny and more slick to the touch. The fit of the back cover also seems to be slightly worse in the first batch.
Also, the touchpad buttons are much more "clicky" on the first-batch PineBook Pro, and the clicks sound somewhat hollow; on the second-batch touchpad, the clicks are much more "thunky". Unfortunately, the first-batch touchpad is still "laggy" and "jumpy", for the lack of a better way to describe that issue. Surprisingly, the font used on the keycaps (it's the ISO variant) is significantly different compared with the font used on the second-batch ANSI PineBook Pro I'm using.
Once again, @Unkn0wn, thank you very much! I really appreciate it!