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I have a Pinebook Pro. It is an interesting machine if you want an ARM notebook to play with, and certainly impressive for the price. The keyboard and trackpa
by nrp 6y ago
I have a Pinebook Pro. It is an interesting machine if you want an ARM notebook to play with, and certainly impressive for the price. The keyboard and trackpad fall short of what you'd want to use as a primary computer though. The trackpad is somewhat understandable since that is a common issue from a firmware and software perspective, but most other notebooks have decent keyboards.
I also agree that MNT looks philosophically interesting, but it also looks highly opinionated to the point that it is a challenging sell even for the niche audiences of people who want an open source laptop and/or an ARM laptop.
- Ardon 6y agoI find the trackpad actively bad. Though this is, apparently, due to the proprietary trackpad firmware not behaving correctly. There is some effort to reverse engineer it, mostly by this guy (as far as I know) https://github.com/akirakyle/pinebook-pro-keyboard-updater/tree/master/firmware/disassembly https://github.com/akirakyle/pinebook-pro-keyboard-updater/t... (and there's also a bounty apparently! https://www.bountysource.com/issues/88375235-reverse-engineer-touchpad-firmware https://www.bountysource.com/issues/88375235-reverse-enginee...) I'm surprised you don't like the keyboard though, I found it to be shockingly good. I often write on it instead of some of my other keyboards. I'll add the disclaimer though: I like apple scissor switch keyboards, and dislike mechanical keyboards. So that colors my opinion. This is very much a laptop that has not allowed perfect to be the enemy of good, and I'm glad it exists. And I'm glad I got one!