03-21-2021, 10:25 AM
I ordered my Pinebook Pro in 2019, and received it in 2020. It has been my main machine now for about 9 months, and I have observed none of those issues with this one. Perhaps you received a lemon. (In any production run there HAS to be ONE!)
My issues: weak sound, as others have also reported, and slow boot. (Faster boot from SD, but then slightly slower operation (using A2 SD cards).
I am amazed that you got screws to shear! Admittedly, I have only had it apart once to investigate those speaker wires, but I found no weakness in the screws.
My thoughts for you: 1. if you got the lemon, perhaps ordering a new one would be a better investment of your time and money. I suspect there are many people who would love to experiment with an old Pro and would not mind the cost of a couple of screws or some gorilla glue. (I recommend against Duct Tape for securing cases. One look and you would know why! )
2. If the experience has turned you right off of PPRO, then perhaps gift it and put your money into a nice inexpensive X86_64 compatible refurbished laptop that you can load with almost any Linux or BSD distribution.
My thoughts for Pine64: China was THE BEST production source location. There are things calling that into question now. Compromises need to be made between production costs and quality control. If the experience of quadrantids is or becomes typical, someone is going to have to make some hard decisions about that balance. I, for one, would rather pay a bit more to be certain that the PPRO will be a quality product that will enhance the PINE64 reputation.
My issues: weak sound, as others have also reported, and slow boot. (Faster boot from SD, but then slightly slower operation (using A2 SD cards).
I am amazed that you got screws to shear! Admittedly, I have only had it apart once to investigate those speaker wires, but I found no weakness in the screws.
My thoughts for you: 1. if you got the lemon, perhaps ordering a new one would be a better investment of your time and money. I suspect there are many people who would love to experiment with an old Pro and would not mind the cost of a couple of screws or some gorilla glue. (I recommend against Duct Tape for securing cases. One look and you would know why! )
2. If the experience has turned you right off of PPRO, then perhaps gift it and put your money into a nice inexpensive X86_64 compatible refurbished laptop that you can load with almost any Linux or BSD distribution.
My thoughts for Pine64: China was THE BEST production source location. There are things calling that into question now. Compromises need to be made between production costs and quality control. If the experience of quadrantids is or becomes typical, someone is going to have to make some hard decisions about that balance. I, for one, would rather pay a bit more to be certain that the PPRO will be a quality product that will enhance the PINE64 reputation.
Ancient teacher (Secondary Field Science/Math), Warrior (USARNG- RET SSG), and IT warrior (30+ years Coder, Network/Systems Administrator, general house geek).
Pinebook Pro user (Debian, Manjaro)
Pinebook Pro user (Debian, Manjaro)
