HANDS ON WITH THE PINEBOOK
The yearn A64 was a 64-bit Quad-Core single Board computer which was kickstarted at the tail end of 2015 for shipment in the middle of 2016. Costing just $15, as well as hailed as a “Raspberry Pi killer,” the board increased $1.7 million from 36,000 backers. It shipped to its backers to practically widely bad reviews.
Now they’re back, this time around with a laptop—a 11.6-inch design for $89, or a 14-inch design for $99. Both are powered by the exact same 64-bit Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 as the original yearn A64 board, but at least yearn are doing a much much better task this time around around of managing individual expectations.
The 11.6-inch Pinebook.
However, you can’t just purchase one off the shelf. The new Pinebooks are develop to purchase (BTO) as well as the procedure is somewhat long-winded. The very first thing you requirement to do is put yourself into the BTO queue on the yearn 64 website. pick the design you want—11.6 or 14-inch—and then go into your email address. I chose the 11.6-inch model.
When you reach the top of the queue—my comprehending is that it’s rather long, a number of months, at this point—you’ll get an email from yearn asking you to verify your order, as well as providing to upsell you on some مستلزمات؛ a USB Ethernet adaptor, some USB to Type-H barrel power cable televisions of different length, as well as a mini-HDMI to HDMI adaptor.
You then add up the expense of the Pinebook, any type of accessories you want, as well as shipping—which seems to normally be between $20 to $40 depending upon where you are in the world—and mail yearn back with your address, phone number, as well as PayPal ID. At this point you’ll get request for repayment to you PayPal account. Pay the bill, as well as your Pinebook will ship in the next BTO batch.
I don’t precisely keep in mind when I added myself to the BTO queue, however it was definitely no later than the begin of Q4 last year, potentially even before that. I got my preliminary BTO email from yearn on the 12th of April, replied on the 18th. The Pinebook shipped from Hong Kong on the 24th, as well as I got it right here in the united kingdom on the 27th—after paying an extra £35 in import responsibilities to the courier—inside its plastic protective case.
As of the time of composing the next BTO batch is arranged for the 5th of May, shipping from Shenzhen rather than Hong Kong. Your experience may vary commonly from mine.
الأجهزة
The apparent product to compare the Pinebook to would seem to be the Pi-Top, however there truly isn’t a comparison. funded on Indiegogo back in 2014, the Pi-Top is a Raspberry Pi powered laptop. It has a 10 hour battery life, a 13.3-inch screen, as well as comes as a set you put together yourself. The Pinebook looks as well as feels like a ‘real’ laptop, the Pi-Top truly doesn’t. The Pi-Top likewise expense $299, much more than three times the cost of the Pinebook.
The Pinebook keyboard.
One of my primary complaints about the Pi-Top was its keyboard — I haven’t had to hammer at a keyboard that difficult because I stopped utilizing a mechanical typewriter. The Pinebook’s keyboard is better, much better, although I’m not rather sure what essential mapping they’re using—it appears to be a cross between a us as well as a UK layout—the physical keyboard is comfortable as well as solid to استعمال.
Instead my primary grievance right here is the trackpad, it’s quite poor, although I do have to admit its performance is similar with a number of of the low-end Chromebooks I’ve had the misfortune use. It’s likewise much better than the Pi-Top’s trackpad, so perhaps I was expecting as well much from it.
The hole for the microphone is visible above the keyboard, while the two downward firing speakers are spaced one on each side of the keyboard. The speakers are much more than a bit tinny, with some distortion at high volumes.
Left side of the Pinebook with barrel power connector, USB as well as mini-HDMI ports.
The Pinebook is powered utilizing a five-volt barrel connector, it includes a five-volt, three-amp wall wart as well as you can pick up a USB to barrel connector cable television as an accessory when you order—or splice one together yourself from parts. After charging the laptop ought to run for around six hours on battery, nevertheless best now there are some issues because of software application which implies that you may get shorter battery life than expected.
The barrel connector is on the left-hand side of the Pinebook, together with it is a USB port, as well as a mini-HDMI connector. best now, once again because of software application problems, video output through the mini-HDMI connector is understood not to work, with yearn predicting that this will be resolved around the middle of May.
On the other, right-hand, side of the Pinebook is one more USB port, as well as an headphone jack, which at least in theory doubles as a UART port although I haven’t evaluated tHANDS ON WITH THE PINEBOOK (###) The yearn A64 was a 64-bit Quad-Core single Board computer which was kickstarted at the tail end of 2015 for shipment in the middle of 2016. Costing just $15, as well as hailed as a “Raspberry Pi killer,” the board increased $1.7 million from 36,000 backers. It shipped to its backers to practically widely bad reviews.
Now they’re back, this time around with a laptop—a 11.6-inch design for $89, or a 14-inch design for $99. Both are powered by the exact same 64-bit Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 as the original yearn A64 board, but at least yearn are doing a much much better task this time around around of managing individual expectations.
The 11.6-inch Pinebook.
However, you can’t just purchase one off the shelf. The new Pinebooks are develop to purchase (BTO) as well as the procedure is somewhat long-winded. The very first thing you requirement to do is put yourself into the BTO queue on the yearn 64 website. pick the design you want—11.6 or 14-inch—and then go into your email address. I chose the 11.6-inch model.
When you reach the top of the queue—my comprehending is that it’s rather long, a number of months, at this point—you’ll get an email from yearn asking you to verify your order, as well as providing to upsell you on some مستلزمات؛ a USB Ethernet adaptor, some USB to Type-H barrel power cable televisions of different length, as well as a mini-HDMI to HDMI adaptor.
You then add up the expense of the Pinebook, any type of accessories you want, as well as shipping—which seems to normally be between $20 to $40 depending upon where you are in the world—and mail yearn back with your address, phone number, as well as PayPal ID. At this point you’ll get request for repayment to you PayPal account. Pay the bill, as well as your Pinebook will ship in the next BTO batch.
I don’t precisely keep in mind when I added myself to the BTO queue, however it was definitely no later than the begin of Q4 last year, potentially even before that. I got my preliminary BTO email from yearn on the 12th of April, replied on the 18th. The Pinebook shipped from Hong Kong on the 24th, as well as I got it right here in the united kingdom on the 27th—after paying an extra £35 in import responsibilities to the courier—inside its plastic protective case.
As of the time of composing the next BTO batch is arranged for the 5th of May, shipping from Shenzhen rather than Hong Kong. Your experience may vary commonly from mine.
الأجهزة
The apparent product to compare the Pinebook to would seem to be the Pi-Top, however there truly isn’t a comparison. funded on Indiegogo back in 2014, the Pi-Top is a Raspberry Pi powered laptop. It has a 10 hour battery life, a 13.3-inch screen, as well as comes as a set you put together yourself. The Pinebook looks as well as feels like a ‘real’ laptop, the Pi-Top truly doesn’t. The Pi-Top likewise expense $299, much more than three times the cost of the Pinebook.
The Pinebook keyboard.
One of my primary complaints about the Pi-Top was its keyboard — I haven’t had to hammer at a keyboard that difficult because I stopped utilizing a mechanical typewriter. The Pinebook’s keyboard is better, much better, although I’m not rather sure what essential mapping they’re using—it appears to be a cross between a us as well as a UK layout—the physical keyboard is comfortable as well as solid to استعمال.
Instead my primary grievance right here is the trackpad, it’s quite poor, although I do have to admit its performance is similar with a number of of the low-end Chromebooks I’ve had the misfortune use. It’s likewise much better than the Pi-Top’s trackpad, so perhaps I was expecting as well much from it.
The hole for the microphone is visible above the keyboard, while the two downward firing speakers are spaced one on each side of the keyboard. The speakers are much more than a bit tinny, with some distortion at high volumes.
Left side of the Pinebook with barrel power connector, USB as well as mini-HDMI ports.
The Pinebook is powered utilizing a five-volt barrel connector, it includes a five-volt, three-amp wall wart as well as you can pick up a USB to barrel connector cable television as an accessory when you order—or splice one together yourself from parts. After charging the laptop ought to run for around six hours on battery, nevertheless best now there are some issues because of software application which implies that you may get shorter battery life than expected.
The barrel connector is on the left-hand side of the Pinebook, together with it is a USB port, as well as a mini-HDMI connector. best now, once again because of software application problems, video output through the mini-HDMI connector is understood not to work, with yearn predicting that this will be resolved around the middle of May.
On the other, right-hand, side of the Pinebook is one more USB port, as well as an headphone jack, which at least in theory doubles as a UART port although I haven’t evaluated tأيون على أقصى اليسار.
بعد القضاء على الجزء السفلي من الوضع، هناك أربع مسامير Philips أكبر بكثير للقضاء على البطارية، بالإضافة إلى بعض الشريط حيث تكون البطارية متصلة باللوحة. يرفع الموصل فقط من مقبسه، لذلك احتفظ بالشريط مفيد، فستطلب ذلك لإعادة صياغة تلفزيون الكابل عندما تأتي لوضع أي شيء معا مرة أخرى.
إزالة البطارية مواد TrackPad PCB.
بعد رفع البطارية، يمكنك رؤية لوحة الدوائر النهائية، التي كانت مخفية أسفل البطارية، وهذا يعالج TrackPad.
يتم إخفاء اللوحة الأساسية نفسها في الجزء العلوي الأيمن أسفل مربع من الشريط بالإضافة إلى درع RF. إذا قمت بإعادة النظر تماما في الشريط قبالة الدرع، يجب أن ترفع فقط وكذلك بسيطة كافية للإعداد عندما يتعلق الأمر بإغلاق الكمبيوتر المحمول احتياطيا.
يعتبر المعالج ALLWINNER A64 مرئيا بالقرب من مركز اللوحة، في حين أن الشريحة الموجودة أسفلها مباشرة هي ثروات صينية SH68F83، وهي وحدة تحكم صغيرة من USB منخفضة السرعة يتم استخدامها كجسر لوحة مفاتيح / لوحة اللمس. على يسار المعالج A64 هو Oresee NCLD3B2512M32 مع 2 جيب من LPDDR3 DRAM يعمل على 533 ميغاهيرتز
مجلس السنة الأولية مع السيليكون الرئيسي المسمى.
وحدة EMMC 16 جيجابايت مرئية، بالإضافة إلى الأفضل من وحدة المعالجة المركزية. يمكنك الاستلام بدائل للوحدة النمطية التي تتراوح بين 8 غيغابايت إلى 64 غيغابايت – على متجر العون. الوحدة النمطية قابلة للاستبدال للمستخدم. من الواضح أن سرعات تصل إلى 80 ميغابايت / ثانية وكذلك إنشاء سرعات ما يصل إلى 40 ميغابايت / ثانية يتم رؤيتها مع الوحدة النمطية. PineBook قادر على التمهيد من كل من EMMC الداخلية أو بطاقة SD خارجية خارجية.
الرقائق الثلاثة الأخرى الأصغر هي AX-Powers AXP803، والتي تتعامل مع إدارة البطارية بالإضافة إلى الشحن، ولمنطق Genesys GL850G الذي يعمل كوحدة تحكم محور USB 2.0، وكذلك أخيرا يتناول Analogix anx6345 مع RGB إلى DisplayPort Translation.
في الأعلى، يمكنك أن ترى أيضا درع RF ثاني، وهذا متصل أكثر بكثير بكثير من الدرع الأساسي، ولكن يمكن أن ينخر بدقة لفضح Realtek RTL8723CS، وهي خدمة SDIO 2.0 التي تضم شبكة Wi-Fi، Bluetooth LR، كما وكذلك استقبال FM.
على عكس لوحة JUNN A64، أو الجزء العلوي من PI-Top Powered Powered Power Raspberry Power
يجب أن تكون واعيا بأنه عندما تقوم بإعادة تجميع الصنويف، فإن سطح TrackPad يحتوي على ميل إلى القوس الخارجي، وسيتطلب منك التأكد من استعادته إلى الموقع قبل إعادة معالجة الظهر – لن تكون قادرا على دفعها إلى الموقع بعد الخلف قد تم توصيله – نظرا لأن أزرار TrackPad لن تعمل على إعادة تقييدها.
ملخص
بشكل عام، فإن تطوير جودة عالية من القوائم بخير بشكل مدهش. بصرف النظر عن لوحة اللمس، والتي ليست كبيرة حقا، وكذلك الشاشة، والتي قد تكون مشكلة مع وحدتي، فإنه يبدو وكأنه كمبيوتر محمول “حقيقي”.
ومع ذلك، أن تكون واضحة حقا، فهذا ليس بديلا ل MacBook الخاص بك. لا يمكنك تزويد هذا الشاب الذي يتجه إلى الكلية – أو حتى مؤسسة عالية – وكذلك توقع أن يديرهم. ليس بديلا بالفعل بديلا لكروم كتاب منخفض، فإن سطح المكتب بطيئا بما فيه الكفاية، وأود أن أكون حذرا من التوصية بها كمبيوتر محمول بأسعار معقولة تصفح على شبكة الإنترنت للأريكة.
من ناحية أخرى، يجب أن أعترف، أنا أحب ذلك. إنه صفقة كبيرة أفضل بكثير معا من كمبيوتر محمول بقيمة 89 دولار لديه أي نوع من الأفضل ليكون، وكذلك على الرغم من البطارية هناك قدر كبير من المنطقة في الداخل لإضافة أشياء. بدلا من الأشياء التي لا أزيلها بالكامل، في الطريقة نفسها بالضبط أنا لست متأكدا مما سأنتهي به مع ذلك حتى الآن. ومع ذلك سوف الرقم شيئا.