MNT Reform Next
www.crowdsupply.com
A new 12.5" open hardware laptop that is future-proof, modular, and highly performant
  • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24•3 months ago

    It’s nice seeing an open source, modular laptop where it appears they actually tried to make it usable, rather than being the size of a large briefcase and weighing 5kg.

  • @Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
    16•3 months ago

    Very cool! To me, this is more of an enthusiast laptop compared to something like the Framework. But I love the idea! The batteries being replaceable cells (and not a proprietary pack) is killer!

    The only thing that I’d worry about is whether the company has staying power.

    • ProdigalFrogMEnglish
      6•3 months ago

      MNT has been around for while, their first laptop came out in 2019.

        • ProdigalFrogMEnglish
          4•3 months ago

          Their first laptop was very niche, as it was quite expensive while also being quite slow and a little clunky, so news of it mostly just circulated around open-source and hacker/maker type communities. This new one looks to be much more slick in comparison.

    • Shifty EyesOPEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      Ha those were fun! I had one and it became the dedicated Pandora music player for the kitchen for a few years.

    • Shifty EyesOPEnglish
      1•3 months ago

      Yeah I’m pretty excited about that, even if the layout is a bit wonky and the key sizes are a one-off (the left and right most fat “1u” keys look more like 1.25u so it might be a bit hard to get a custom keycap set going for it.