[HN Gopher] MNT Reform: DIY Portable Computer Goals (2017) ___________________________________________________________________ MNT Reform: DIY Portable Computer Goals (2017) Author : peter_d_sherman Score : 9 points Date : 2023-04-06 17:51 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (mntre.com) (TXT) w3m dump (mntre.com) | kamranjon wrote: | I'm really curious if anyone has purchased one of these, what | they think of them? It seems like a really cool project, I'm just | not sure about the utility of it given its constraints. | 0cVlTeIATBs wrote: | I bought one, I really like it. I mean I haven't used it as a | daily driver but I blame myself mostly for that. Performance | wise, sure, it will get outperformed, the screen is only 60Hz. | To me it's like a piece of art I'm afraid to actually put to | hard use. I have taken advantage of its open source nature, | opening it up, messing with the batteries and wifi card, and | seeing how to affect the hardware components through software. | | My flaw is my addiction to 4k 120Hz which it can't output, and | that if I just need to accomplish a simple task I already have | ultrabooks lying around that I'm more likely to grab because | they're lighter and faster. But I still am glad I bought it. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-04-07 23:00 UTC)