[kwlug-disc] Open source laptop hardware

[Jason Eckert]

It's good that people are interested in building open hardware.
But the real barrier here is performance/price.
There are ARM CPUs with great performance, but they are super niche and
expensive.
The cheapest Altra MAX (32-core) is $800US for the CPU alone ($5,800US for
the 128-core), and there's no GPU in it.



On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 9:51 AM Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

>
> > Ars Technica has a writeup on an open-source hardware laptop.  It's
> > not pretty but....
> >
> >
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/review-mnt-reform-laptop-has-fully-open-hardware-and-software-for-better-or-worse/
>
> I like the phrase from one of the last scenes in "Don't look up": I'm
> grateful we tried.
>
> Then I am also reminded that once I did buy a handbag, for a girl, as a
> present, ... , ya, very, very expensive. Apple shouldn't be the only
> company selling expensive tech. I celebrate that there are people who
> crowd-funded this laptop.
>
>
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