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Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by mikae1 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @12:55AM (#43564903)
As I see it, an aluminum slab MNT Reform Next[1] would be a better Thinkpad replacement than a Framework (from a build and reparability standpoint).

[1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform-next

Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by roywashere on Thursday April 03, 2025 @02:53AM (#43565763)
Oh man, the MNT Reform looks _so_ awesome!
Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by 0xEF on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:19AM (#43567032)
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.
Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by bombcar on Thursday April 03, 2025 @11:07AM (#43570846)
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.

Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by jabl on Thursday April 03, 2025 @12:41PM (#43572261)
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.

Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by ryukafalz on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:12PM (#43577334)
> 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 :)

Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by pmontra on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:15AM (#43567944)
If it were at least 14" instead of 12.5".
Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by numpad0 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:51AM (#43568873)
Every time I see any of those MNT machines in pictures, it makes my fingers start frantically typing out lengthy rants whether it's about internals or externals or even choices of colors.
Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by cosmic_cheese on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:56AM (#43569737)
Yeah I respect the project and mission but it’s not for me for various reasons.
Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by srik on Thursday April 03, 2025 @02:38PM (#43573651)
MNT reforms get more and more appealing by the day as I’ve become increasingly disillusioned by the state of current hardware offerings.