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So several people asked me what I thought of the Framework laptops, since I kept bringing up the MNT Pocket Reform / MNT Reform Next recently.
Framework's laptops seem better than many other options on the market, but they don't excite me as much as MNT's stuff.
What MNT has going for it that Framework's doesn't:
- Actually open hardware
- Much, much more community oriented
- Designs feel oriented to long term view of repairable computing
- Built by a small shop of lovely queers
@cwebber I'd like to echo this. There exist many great open hardware projects out there that you can clone and get manufactured yourself with your own modifications. There also exist many laptops for normal day-to-day tasks. To my knowledge, the MNT Reform is the only device that sits at the intersection of those two sets of devices. You can literally clone the whole device yourself. You cannot do that with a Framework.
(I too prefer a small shop of lovely queers over a venture capital firm)
@wronglang Right, I'd also like to make it clear that I don't want to hate on the Framework. The device is certainly a step up compared to regular laptops. And as
@cwebber also already pointed out, the MNT Reform still has a few rough edges, making it more attractive to the more technologically inclined person. But things are improving! :D