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Do physical units exist yet? Where is the manufacturing done? It looks expensive to manufacture in small quantities. I do like the idea, but I'm afraid that thi
by Gracana 6y ago
Do physical units exist yet? Where is the manufacturing done? It looks expensive to manufacture in small quantities. I do like the idea, but I'm afraid that this will become e-waste if Framework doesn't exist, grow, and succeed for years to come.
The MNT Reform also does the "sustainable laptop" thing, via an open source approach. It's a lot simpler to manufacture and easier for end users to modify, and its longevity doesn't necessarily rely on MNT Research continuing to exist. I feel that's the safer approach.
- spijdar 6y agoThey're just very different products, ultimately. I've preordered a Reform and they're just very different laptops, in that this project is aiming to produce a laptop that could satisfy "the masses" buying Thinkpads or MBPs or XPS 13s etc and want the performance and software compatibility. Reform makes sacrifices in performance and form factor (much bulkier) but makes up for it in basically all the parts being 3D printable on hardware you could feasibly have at home, and even the PCBs look simple enough I bet you could hand assemble everything except the SoM module. I don't think the reform could ever become "mainstream" but I don't think it really wants to, either. This could be great if, like you mentioned, it "takes off" and converts more regular laptop users to a more repairable laptop than their old ones. We'll see...