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I'm left handed and track-pads have never agreed with me. Other people on this site have recommended the MNT Reform to me: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/refo

by LNSY 5y ago

I'm left handed and track-pads have never agreed with me. Other people on this site have recommended the MNT Reform to me: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform It seems like a different flavor of an open source laptop that people who want a better keyboard and has the option of a trackball (!!!) instead of the trackpad. I think the MNT is going to be my next laptop, but the Frame.work is pretty cool.

slantyyz 5y ago
Oh wow, the MNT is surprisingly cool. It reminds me of the Apple PowerBook 170 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_170 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_170) I had in the early 90s. I loved the trackball on those early PowerBooks.
pengaru 5y ago
The mnt is far more open as well, but there's no comparison in the performance department... you'd have to treat the mnt more like a very underpowered, memory-constrained netbook.
- LNSY 5y ago
  My current laptop is a Thinkpad X200t from 10+ years ago. The MNT has a modern GPU and a nice keyboard. I think it's going to work quite well.
  - pengaru 5y ago
    Maybe, at least that era of Core 2 Duo thinkpads supported 8G of RAM... I was in a similar boat until last year when I switched from a modded x61s to an x220 i7 then x230 i7 w/16GB which I'm still using and cost under $300 on ebay. The HD4000 iGPU is at least Vulkan capable. It's really unfortunate the imx8 SoC didn't have even an 8GB variant. The fact that you can get a raspberry pi with more memory than the Reform is such a bummer.
    - elcritch 5y ago
      I've read they're working on a 16gb capable nxp soc. That'd be more useable.
    - LNSY 5y ago
      So, I checked and I'm currently only using 4gb in my laptop. I think this laptop and I are going to get along just fine! Also, I will be able to upgrade that part as it comes available. Plenty of room!
      - pengaru 5y ago
        When I last used 4gb on my x61s I couldn't even login to Slack using FF without swapping or thrashing-til-OOM when running without swap...
rgoulter 5y ago
MNT reform is also the best bet at getting a laptop with an ortholinear keyboard. https://www.reddit.com/comments/ocf32y https://www.reddit.com/comments/ocf32y (I've seen some thinkpads with PCBs which use the Kailh chocs, but I don't think the laptop lids can close).

by LNSY 5y ago

slantyyz 5y ago

Oh wow, the MNT is surprisingly cool. It reminds me of the Apple PowerBook 170 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_170 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_170) I had in the early 90s. I loved the trackball on those early PowerBooks.

pengaru 5y ago

The mnt is far more open as well, but there's no comparison in the performance department... you'd have to treat the mnt more like a very underpowered, memory-constrained netbook.

LNSY 5y ago
My current laptop is a Thinkpad X200t from 10+ years ago. The MNT has a modern GPU and a nice keyboard. I think it's going to work quite well.
- pengaru 5y ago
  Maybe, at least that era of Core 2 Duo thinkpads supported 8G of RAM... I was in a similar boat until last year when I switched from a modded x61s to an x220 i7 then x230 i7 w/16GB which I'm still using and cost under $300 on ebay. The HD4000 iGPU is at least Vulkan capable. It's really unfortunate the imx8 SoC didn't have even an 8GB variant. The fact that you can get a raspberry pi with more memory than the Reform is such a bummer.
  - elcritch 5y ago
    I've read they're working on a 16gb capable nxp soc. That'd be more useable.
  - LNSY 5y ago
    So, I checked and I'm currently only using 4gb in my laptop. I think this laptop and I are going to get along just fine! Also, I will be able to upgrade that part as it comes available. Plenty of room!
    - pengaru 5y ago
      When I last used 4gb on my x61s I couldn't even login to Slack using FF without swapping or thrashing-til-OOM when running without swap...

rgoulter 5y ago

MNT reform is also the best bet at getting a laptop with an ortholinear keyboard. https://www.reddit.com/comments/ocf32y https://www.reddit.com/comments/ocf32y (I've seen some thinkpads with PCBs which use the Kailh chocs, but I don't think the laptop lids can close).