06-22-2017, 09:18 PM
Received my Pinebook today. Ordered 11 May, shipped from HK June 21 at 17:55 HKT, arrived at my home near Toronto June 22 at 16:46 EDT, CAD$35 duty paid on delivery.
That's less than 34 hours end to end, including Customs clearance - pretty impressive.
So far I have loaded the eMMC with the latest Ubuntu Mate, and tried the Android 7.1 on SSD. I'm not so much a fan of Android on a laptop, so I'll be sticking mostly with Linux on the eMMC and the odd SD reboot for experimentation.
I had some screen flicker right after updating, but a second boot solved that and I haven't seen it again. With certain backgrounds there is a sort of shimmer like a fine mist of rain if you look at the right angle but I'm not seeing it with the current bgd.
As others have noted, can't yet get the HDMI working with Ubuntu, will keep an eye on developments and test as well with Android.
I am very impressed with the build quality. No lit pixels, I'm happy enough with the touchpad (will try Mark's scripts if I find it getting in the way of typing, but I usually control kb/mouse from another computer via synergy unless on the move).
Sound is quite quiet. I can get it a bit louder by pushing output volume beyond 100% in System..Prefs..Hardware..Sound) but it tends to overdrive if I do that. Also, plugging in the headphones give me the same amount of output, on both at the same time (i.e. connecting headphones does not cut speaker). Again, will test with other OS.
Works fine with my Apple USB-Ethernet dongle.
Performance-wise, compares well with my Chromebooks - it's faster than the old Samsung 300 series and slower than the Asus C100 Flip.
Aesthetically, it's very much like my 13" Macbook Air. I will have to see how well the keyboard does, but it's better than I expected.
Top marks to the entire Pine64 team, all things considered this is a fantastic machine and I should think a great predictor of good things to come.
- Brent -
That's less than 34 hours end to end, including Customs clearance - pretty impressive.
So far I have loaded the eMMC with the latest Ubuntu Mate, and tried the Android 7.1 on SSD. I'm not so much a fan of Android on a laptop, so I'll be sticking mostly with Linux on the eMMC and the odd SD reboot for experimentation.
I had some screen flicker right after updating, but a second boot solved that and I haven't seen it again. With certain backgrounds there is a sort of shimmer like a fine mist of rain if you look at the right angle but I'm not seeing it with the current bgd.
As others have noted, can't yet get the HDMI working with Ubuntu, will keep an eye on developments and test as well with Android.
I am very impressed with the build quality. No lit pixels, I'm happy enough with the touchpad (will try Mark's scripts if I find it getting in the way of typing, but I usually control kb/mouse from another computer via synergy unless on the move).
Sound is quite quiet. I can get it a bit louder by pushing output volume beyond 100% in System..Prefs..Hardware..Sound) but it tends to overdrive if I do that. Also, plugging in the headphones give me the same amount of output, on both at the same time (i.e. connecting headphones does not cut speaker). Again, will test with other OS.
Works fine with my Apple USB-Ethernet dongle.
Performance-wise, compares well with my Chromebooks - it's faster than the old Samsung 300 series and slower than the Asus C100 Flip.
Aesthetically, it's very much like my 13" Macbook Air. I will have to see how well the keyboard does, but it's better than I expected.
Top marks to the entire Pine64 team, all things considered this is a fantastic machine and I should think a great predictor of good things to come.
- Brent -
