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The Pinebook Pro, a $199 Linux Laptop, Inches Closer to Launch

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 6th of May 2019 04:52:51 AM Filed under
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So when can you buy one?

Well, there’s still no firm release date for the Pinebook Pro — but it should be soon. Pine64 is a company proficient in getting things up, ready and (importantly) shipped.

Although posts like this one may hype the device it’s important that no-one set their expectations too highly. Do not expect performance of a Dell XPS 13 in a machine priced cheaper than most Chromebooks!

No word on precisely which version of Ubuntu will be offered for this device or whether it’ll come pre-installed — if anyone from Pinebook is reading this, do ping us with details — but I’d like to imagine it’d ship Ubuntu 18.04.1 (with its newer kernel and graphics stack) and a more modest desktop environment like MATE.

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Also by Brad Linder:

  • Pinebook Pro update: The $199 Linux laptop is almost ready to go

    After unveiling plans to launch a $199 Linux laptop with a Rockchip RK3399 processor earlier this year, the folks at Pine64 have been hard at work designing the hardware and software for the upcoming Pinebook Pro.

    Now the team has posted a YouTube video showing off the latest prototype, and demonstrating that it has improved hardware, and support for 4K video playback (something the company’s original Pinebook couldn’t handle).

    Pine64 still has some kinks to work out — audio isn’t working on the current motherboard, and there are problems with charging, suspend and resume. But it looks like the Pinebook Pro could be ready to ship within months.

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Pine64's 14-inch Linux laptop PineBook Pro

Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Monday 6th of May 2019 05:12:08 PM.
  • Pine64's 14-inch Linux laptop PineBook Pro will offer a Rockchip RK3399 SoC and 4 GB RAM for US$200

    Those in the hunt for a cheap 14-inch Linux laptop could do worse than stick around and see what Pine64 eventually delivers with the Pinebook Pro. The single-board specialist has chosen a Rockchip RK3399 SoC with an integrated Mali-T860 MP4 GPU as the key components for the laptop. The 6-core RK3399 is based on the big.LITTLE architecture and features a dual-core Cortex-A72 with a quad-core Cortex-A53.

    Along with the single-board computer heart, the Pinebook Pro will apparently come with 4 GB RAM, 64 GB of eMMC storage (upgradeable to 128 GB), a 10,000-mAh battery, stereo speakers, headphone jack, and USB 3.0, USB 2.0, and USB Type-C ports. There is a 1080p IPS display installed and the laptop’s body is made from magnesium alloy. If the final price does end up being around US$199/US$200 then customers shouldn’t feel short-changed for hardware at least.

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