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   -=> August Abolins wrote to Richard Menedetter <=-   
      
    AA> Hello Richard!   
      
    AA> ** On Thursday 14.05.20 - 08:01, Richard Menedetter wrote to August   
    AA> Abolins:   
      
    RM> BTW I also have a Pinebook Pro and a Pinephone.   
    RM> Both have physical switches for the camera and Microphone ;)   
    RM> BTW2 do not really use the Pinephone, just bought it out of curiosity.   
    RM> But I use the Pinebook Pro regularly! ;)   
      
    AA> Speaking of lowcost laptops, I discovered this article, and it mentions   
    AA> on a sidenote that the Pinebook is passivley cooled (ie. no fan)   
      
    AA> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/we-bought-walmarts-140-laptop-so   
    AA> -   
    AA> you-wouldnt-have-to/   
      
    AA> How long have you had your Pinebook Pro now?   
      
    AA> Any shortcomings so far?   
      
   I got the first pinebook as an early adopter.   
      
   A few weeks into owning my pinebook, I left it on my couch all day and the   
   battery died. Ever since then manage to get it to power up and give me the pine   
   splash screen but it never gets past.   
      
   My experience with the pine forum is that they expect anyone on there to be   
   hyper-knowledgeable in the hacker/maker space. I'm not either of those. So, I   
   attempted to troubleshoot as much as possible. Obtaining help from the people   
   there wasn't helpful enough to a point that it led to a resolution. The last   
   solution I got from them was to do a reimage of the OS on the device.   
   Documentation was pretty raw and following their steps as closely as possible   
   never managed to get the device working again. Their IRC didn't lead to any   
   assistance either. I got the message, if you can't handle figuring it out   
   yourself, you don't belong here.   
      
   I'm considering pulling the pine board out and slapping a Pi in its place since   
   it's a complete laptop chassis with keybaord, trackpad, display, speakers.   
      
   Daniel Traechin   
      
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