08-21-2019, 06:22 AM
The PineBook Pro is due to arrive Really Soon Now™, and I'm surely getting one. However, I find myself missing a lapdock-like solution. With the PineBook Pro and PineBook already equipped with screen, keyboard/touchpad, HDMI and battery, we're almost there. Add an input-board with signal converter for the onboard screen, an internal powered USB3 hub for external keyboard/touchpad/wifi and a dedicated port (USB-C?) to power an external SBC in a portable product, and you're there.
I see several potential use-cases:
Are there any other users on this forum that would buy a product like that from Pine64?
I see several potential use-cases:
- Portable KVM-machine for datacenter work
- Troubleshooting SBCs that usually run headless
- Pine64 SBC workstation
- Super-portable video editing workstation (add a NUC or equivalent mITX computer)
- A soberly priced (and available) alternative to PiTop
- Convert a PinePhone (or really any phone) to a laptop
Are there any other users on this forum that would buy a product like that from Pine64?