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Oh man, the MNT Reform looks _so_ awesome!

Except for that price. Yikes. Heck of a barrier to entry for an unproven product. I do wish them well, but as we call for more modularity in laptop design, we can't forget the core value of keeping it affordable for the masses.

Which is why we're sadly only really going to get it if a major manufacturer decides to go Framework on us, because otherwise the economies of scale just aren't there.

Or laptops get so uncommon that manufacturers have to band together and agree on standards.

Also, a Cortex A76 isn't exactly a speed demon, even compared to some used x86 laptop saved from the recycling bin.

The Cortex A53 on the original MNT Reform is even worse.

Then again, if you're mostly just editing text and doing some light web surfing, I suppose it's fast enough.

> Then again, if you're mostly just editing text and doing some light web surfing, I suppose it's fast enough.

I use one as my main laptop outside work and that's pretty much how I feel about it, yeah.

32 GB of RAM is nice too :)

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