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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 23:54:32 JST minute

   MNT Pocket Reform is finally available in the MNT Shop (EU based), with A311D and RK3588 processor options: https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-reform

   Check it out :3 #OSH

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 23:57:09 JST minute

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     and one more thing: the promised upgrade bundles for existing MNT Pocket Reform owners will launch tomorrow. please stay tuned

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 00:21:05 JST minute

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     • Firecat

     @firecat which macbook is available for 850 EUR?

   • Firecat (firecat@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 00:21:06 JST Firecat

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     @mntmn it cost the same as a Mac, you really need a very good reason besides speed and open source.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:01:44 JST minute

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     • Firecat
     • KiNe

     @kine @firecat I don't see that model in the Apple shop though?

   • KiNe (kine@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:01:45 JST KiNe

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     • Firecat

     @mntmn @firecat

     Technically the gen 1 MacBook Air base models with M1 chip. But thats like saying that I could get a Steamdeck even cheaper. All products that one could use for a few common use cases but were intended to be good at completely different things.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:30:48 JST minute

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     • Jan Antoš
     • Firecat
     • KiNe

     @janantos @kine @firecat if the aspect of openness (open hardware with sources that you can clone, modify, fix) is worth nothing to you, and the fact that we are a tiny team of less than 10 people hand assembling these in germany is meaningless to you, then perhaps

   • Jan Antoš (janantos@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:30:50 JST Jan Antoš

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     • Firecat
     • KiNe

     @kine @mntmn @firecat Also to put it on par you will need to opt for RK3588 cpu which I believe is still not comparable to M1 but in that case it will definitively be on price tag of decent Mac. But also on par with framework laptops. In this perspective it is fairly overpriced gadget. Not mentioning fact that RK3588 is not most performing piece of silicon introduced about 3 yo ago.

   • KiNe (kine@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:30:51 JST KiNe

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     • Firecat

     @mntmn @firecat
     Apple wants to sell only their shiny new products on their own website of course but M1 can still be bought new from a lot of stores in the web or probably some retailers in the US too.

     But I'd rather think about what I could need a Pocket Reform for (given the limited amount of time I have available for tinkering atm)... Too bad!

   • Daniel aka CyReVolt 🐢 (cyrevolt@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:47:03 JST Daniel aka CyReVolt 🐢

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     @mntmn big big 🧡✨👩💻

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:52:10 JST minute

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     • Jan Antoš
     • Firecat
     • KiNe

     @janantos @kine @firecat that's not true! you cannot clone/build your own framework laptop because they do not publish the electronics sources and also use lots of custom parts that you can't easily get! they don't even have schematics for the motherboard. framework products are _not_ open hardware.

   • Jan Antoš (janantos@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:52:11 JST Jan Antoš

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     • Firecat
     • KiNe

     @mntmn @kine @firecat well openness also apply to framework laptops ;-) to my understanding you still need binary blobs so technically your base model is somehow comparable to 200 USD pinebook pro ;-) where I have from sw perspective same openness, most likely very similar binary blobs and also availability of spare parts. Just missing modularity and hw keyboard. That doesn’t say, that your gadget isn’t cool.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:59:14 JST minute

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     • jacqueline 🌟
     • AISLER
     • Jan Antoš
     • Firecat
     • KiNe

     @janantos @kine @firecat that isn't the case either. Our PCBs are designed so you can cheaply get them from companies like JLC, PCBway, or in europe @aislerhq! You can 3D print the cases. And if you still don't believe me, check out this MNT Reform that was independently cloned by @jacqueline in Australia: https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2022-07-01-july-update.html#more-great-mods-from-the-community-and-beyond

   • Jan Antoš (janantos@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 01:59:15 JST Jan Antoš

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     • Firecat
     • KiNe

     @mntmn @kine @firecat Fair point but technically you can’t build it at home neither, given the high complexity of how many PCB layers (6-8)? and even more complex soldering. So yeas we can see the PCB source files, but majority of us can’t do anything with it.

   • ElectronicAcorn (electronicacorn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 02:58:32 JST ElectronicAcorn

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     @mntmn Awesome news, although must admit that I'm a little ambivalent - if I had a little patience and waited for this, rather than pre-ordering via CrowdSupply, I might be able to get it at around the same time, but with more refined options...

     In any case (pun not intended), I have a few items in my basket now, and am excited :)

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 03:40:02 JST minute

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     • shigeru | KC3JNI

     @shigeru yes

   • shigeru | KC3JNI (shigeru@masto.ai)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 03:40:03 JST shigeru | KC3JNI

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     @mntmn Are you going to offer RK3588 upgrade kit for Pocket Reform on CrowdSupply also?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 03:57:48 JST minute

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     • mariu5

     @mariu5 here are some examples:

     https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/pocket-reform/updates/pocket-reform-goes-to-work

     https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/pocket-reform/updates/kick-back-and-chill-with-pocket-reform

   • mariu5 (mariu5@ruhr.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 03:57:49 JST mariu5

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     @mntmn What do people use something like this for?

   • Ryuka_Zou (ryukazou@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 05:12:33 JST Ryuka_Zou

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     @mntmn Nice, crowd supply said they will shipped my order once this batch arrived their warehouse. Gotta order rk3588/32G ram upgrade kit.

   • ryan (tienchovay5@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 15:18:10 JST ryan

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     @mntmn that doesn't have a mouse