MNT Reform is an open hardware laptop, designed and assembled in Germany

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TL;DR

MNT Reform is a fully open, repairable, user-moddable ARM laptop built and assembled in Germany.

Key Takeaways

  • Starts at ~€1,450 with RK3588; fully open schematics, swappable modules, and 18650 batteries
  • Real users report it as daily-driver capable for Go, OCaml, LaTeX, and light development
  • ARM caveats remain: broken sleep/wake, limited distro support, performance below modern x86

Discussion

Top comments:

  • [ryukafalz]: Long-term user: Pocket Reform and Reform 2 are coziest machines despite rough edges
  • [paroneayea]: Both MNT devices are laptop-of-Theseus: guts dramatically different from original through piecemeal upgrades
  • [irusensei]: €1,450 for RK3588 is hard to justify; Rockchip’s openness is also debatable
  • [exitb]: A 10-year-old ThinkPad costs 10% of this and performs comparably — questionable value

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