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Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by krzyk »

chipotle_coyote wrote: post #39
JadeNB wrote: post #31

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MBPs at some point switched to drawing power faster than it could be provided by the plug alone. Of course, you can't tell nowadays whether laptops will work without a battery, because most batteries are non-removeable.

I don't think I've ever seen that behavior with a MacBook Pro of any vintage -- and I've had an MBP of one stripe or another since at least 2007, using the date of the 2007 MacBook Pro gathering dust bunnies nearby -- except when I use the wrong power supply with it, e.g., a 13" MBP power supply with a 15" one, or my MacBook Air's power supply with any MBP now. I wouldn't doubt it's possible to draw more power than t…

It does, just launch any game that uses 3D (tried Starcraft 2 and WoW) - you will see that battery will drain when you have power adapter plugged in - MacBook Pro from (AFAIR) 2018.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by krzyk »

djrogers wrote: post #71
anthonyskipper wrote: post #51

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Try mining cryptocurrency, running prime95, playing fps shooters, or even dota on high settings. You will notice the battery draining while plugged in. You also see it if you are on an airplane, but that is usually because the charger tries to pull too much and overheats and gives up ghost. Macbooks have underpowered chargers.

> Macbooks have underpowered chargers. My 16” shipped with a 96 watt charger, and I’ve not seen a laptop with a higher powered one. I’d have to contend with that assertion.

I had 180W for my old HP laptop, and recently ~135W (or 170W) for Thinkpad W541.

<100W adapters were mostly for potato laptops, until USB-C came into picture which supported up to 100W and now manfucaturers adapted (and probably wait for 200W PD).

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by sylvain_kerkour »

jjice wrote: post #40

Absolutely incredible for the $120 price point. If they release a PineTab Pro in the future with 4 (or dare I say 8GB) of ram, I'd be all over it. At that point, I could really start to be productive. 2GB is a bit limiting for the modern web unfortunately, but there is a ton of potential here. I'm considering buying one to use as my main machine for this next year at Uni. Taking notes in VS Code/Vim would be fine, bu…

In case where the pine64 team is reading: +1

8GB RAM, 128GB MMC, USB-C for up to 300$ and it will be the perfect Microsoft Surface Go's contender I'm waiting for!

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by michaelmrose »

fenwick67 wrote: post #67
jagger27 wrote: post #54

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The dead pixel disclaimer bothers me too, but at this price point you really can't argue.

Even most middle-road laptops, monitors and phones have these disclaimers in the warranties AFAIK.

This amazes me. You could literally spend 2 grand on a machine and still be told its ok for it to be defective out of the box.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by axegon_ »

I am not going to lie, I'm not a big fan of the arm experience on Linux. While the situation has improved, it is still a painful experience. It has always felt like you're trying to run windows 7 on a pentium II, regardless of lightweight desktop environments or even no desktop environment. That said, this does look like a very appealing solution for something to shove in the backpack when hiking or whatnot, as opposed to carrying around a 1.5k ultrabook. I'll keep an eye out and wait for some review and real-world experiences and I might jump on that train.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by michaelmrose »

Maha-pudma wrote: post #66
michaelmrose wrote: post #55

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Most failures either happen shortly because something was made poorly or after >1 year which is why extended warranties are mostly garbage. Just for the sake of argument lets suppose it had a 1% chance of failing between 30 days and 1 year even though I would hope it is far less when it would normally have been covered. Assume you remedy the issue by replacing it out of pocket. Expected cost is 0.99 * 100 + 0.01 * 20…

I didn't expect my comment to be popular, and it's probably going to decimate the measley 7 points I've accrued (I had 9 prior) as might this one, but I tend not to buy anything without a decent warranty. I'm certainly not buying anything that could go wrong after 30 days without any recourse other than paying to get it fixed or to buy a new one. My view about warranties are to do with the confidence the seller/manuf…

Complaining about down votes usually attracts you guessed it... more down votes.

I didn't down vote either your prior post or this one. I value durable things. My 8ish year old desktop just died. Both my phone and my laptop are 5 years old. On the other hand I see the value in cheap things that will be affordable to all made by small distributors that value our freedom to use our devices. Everything in life is some degree of trade off and I see room for this one.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by TomMarius »

Maha-pudma wrote: post #66
michaelmrose wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most failures either happen shortly because something was made poorly or after >1 year which is why extended warranties are mostly garbage. Just for the sake of argument lets suppose it had a 1% chance of failing between 30 days and 1 year even though I would hope it is far less when it would normally have been covered. Assume you remedy the issue by replacing it out of pocket. Expected cost is 0.99 * 100 + 0.01 * 20…

I didn't expect my comment to be popular, and it's probably going to decimate the measley 7 points I've accrued (I had 9 prior) as might this one, but I tend not to buy anything without a decent warranty. I'm certainly not buying anything that could go wrong after 30 days without any recourse other than paying to get it fixed or to buy a new one. My view about warranties are to do with the confidence the seller/manuf…

Not all devices are supposed to be that good. This is a hacker grade toy device, not something you should depend on - after all, the price reflects that.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by bArray »

Just purchased one, very excited. Looking forward to it arriving sometime in August.

My use case is basic browsing, taking notes in meetings, reviewing papers (using something like xournal), SSH'ing into remote machines, a small amount of dev'ing (compiling on remote) and perhaps presentations (has HD output). I travel alot and having a machine that doesn't break my back would be cool. If the keyboard is half-way decent I may even use it for writing too.

The reason for this device over other existing solutions are many: low price, built for Linux, lightweight, low-power (good battery), form factor (where did you go netbooks :( ) and a great community!

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