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MNT Pocket Reform: New 7-inch Linux laptop launches from US$899

The MNT Pocket Reform ships with a Debian GNU with GNOME 4 or Sway by default. (Image source: MNT Research)
The MNT Pocket Reform ships with a Debian GNU with GNOME 4 or Sway by default. (Image source: MNT Research)

MNT Research has actually brought its Pocket Reform compact laptop computer to the crowdfunding site Crowd Supply. Offered from US$ 899, the MNT Pocket Reform has a 7-inch display screen, a 5-row keyboard, committed mouse buttons and a micro-optical trackball, to name a few functions.

MNT Research has actually lastly introduced the Pocket Reform, approximately 9 months after it provided the small laptop computer. As we talked about last June, the MNT Pocket Reform has a 7-inch LCD panel. It now outputs at 1,920 x 1,200 pixels rather than 1080p. In addition, the MNT Pocket Reform has 8 GB of DDR4 RAM and 128 GB of eMMC flash storage, with a MicroSD card reader and an M. 2 2280 slot in location for storage growth.

The small laptop computer has an ortho-linear matrix keyboard with 60 Kailh Choc White mechanical switches, N-key rollover and RGB backlighting. The MNT Research has actually consisted of 4 mouse buttons and a micro-optical trackball. The MNT Pocket Reform has an 8,000 mAh integrated battery capability that need to last up to 4 hours charges by means of an integrated USB port.

In the meantime, the 200 x 126 x 45 mm and 1.1 kg gadget just supports an NXP i.MX8M Plus module. MNT Research prepares to use the MNT Pocket Reform with the AMD/Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA, PINE64 SoQuartz, NXP Layerscape LS1028A and Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. Presently, MNT Research has actually priced the MNT Pocket Reform at US$ 899 in black and US$ 969 in purple. The business offers a ‘Hyper’ edition with a 1 TB PCIe NVMe SSD and other devices for US$ 1,369. At the time of composing, MNT Research wishes to start delivering the Pocket Reform on October 17, 2023. Please see the Crowd Supply listing for more information.

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Alex Alderson, 2023-03-18 (Update: 2023-03-18)