News MNT Modular, Open Source 'Reform' Laptop to Hit Crowd Supply in February

[Admin]

A modular, open source laptop called the MNT Reform 2 is expected to hit the Crowd Supply crowdfunding site in February.

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[bit_user]

Modern Hardware

• NXP i.MX8M: 4 x 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 + Cortex-M4F, GC7000 GPU

Not modern. It's Raspberry Pi 3-class. A Pi v4 would run circles around it.

And while it probably performs like a laptop from 15 years ago, it looks like one from 30 years ago!

 

[TJ Hooker]

The specs and goal of this laptop remind me a fair bit of the Librem 5 smartphone.

Not modern. It's Raspberry Pi 3-class. A Pi v4 would run circles around it.

Yeah, even low-middle end phone SoCs outperform this thing :/

 

[mogster]

Speaking of 15 years ago, I was amazed to see a real trackball.

 

[bit_user]

Speaking of 15 years ago, I was amazed to see a real trackball.

You can still buy them, standalone. I use a trackball at home & a mouse at work. It helps switch up my movement to reduce the risk of RSI.

But, in laptops, I think they first got replaced by those little thumb-sticks, and now even those have been dropped.

 

[mogster]

Oh yeah, the eraserheads. I kind of miss those.

 

[laptop-Tech]

What is this thick laptop?