The Pinebook is a low-cost Linux laptop with an ARM CPU that undercuts the cheapest Chromebooks.
Liam Tung
By Liam Tung | November 29, 2016 -- 11:00 GMT (11:00 GMT) | Topic: Mobility
The makers of a popular Raspberry Pi challenger, the $20 Pine A64, have returned with two sub-$100 Linux laptops, called Pinebooks.
The Pine A64 stood out among developer boards because it was cheap and relatively powerful, helping its maker raise $1.7m on Kickstarter last year with just a $30,000 target.
With an Allwinner quad-core ARM Cortex A53 64-bit processor, the A64 board could run Ubuntu, Debian, or Android Lollipop 5.1. The same processor is powering the 11-inch and 14-inch Pinebook notebooks, which at $89 and $99 respectively, could become some of the cheapest laptops available
