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I bought a Pinebook Pro when they were last available and I was really pleasantly surprised at how good the build quality was and the display quality was excellent. Unfortunately they are not currently available - their LCD supplier bailed on them (according to the December news). Once they become available again I could easily imagine worse things to do with US$200.

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Aah I was wondering what happened to the Pinebook Pro order option. I regret not getting in on the previous order as there's basically nothing comparable on the market from what I can find.

I love everything about my Pinebook Pro except the trackpad, which suffers from lag. Not much, just enough to be really annoying.

Did you take off the protective cover? It's not very noticeable to the eye, but it greatly diminishes the trackpad response.

I had to stick tape to it to peel off the cover.

I did. I also applied the software patches I found when googling the problem, such as https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9094. It made the trackpad go from unusable to really annoying, which is progress.

Some people are looking into it: https://github.com/akirakyle/pinebook-pro-keyboard-updater/t...

Weird; the experience of the mouse not stopping when your finger is removed is one I haven't had. I wonder if there's a difference in our devices?

Could be. Certainly the problem is not unique to mine. Maybe they eventually fixed it, or maybe it only shows up on some batches, and I've been unlucky.

I want to emphasize that this is my only complaint regarding the Pinebook Pro. Everything else is really good, actually much better than could be expected for the price.

I don't think they even have a real supplier bound by contract.

Anybody making less than 100k+ devices a year is much more likely just to buy from a small distributor who can only vouch for availability of inventory on hand.

Agreed. Very impressed by the hardware build quality of my PinePhone.

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