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CTOnews.com, June 6-the MNT Reform laptop family is a modular device designed around open hardware principles that not only runs open source software, but also supports self-3D printing shells, redesigned printed circuit boards, or other DIY uses.

The MNT team has begun working on a new model, the MNT Reform Next, a thinner computer with a faster ARM-based processor and support for up to 32GB memory.

Lukas Hartmann, founder of MNT Reform, says MNT is still in the early stages of designing a new laptop, but the idea is basically to combine some of the features of the original MNT Reform and the recently launched MNT Pocket Reform.

The MNT Reform Next laptop will be "thinner and powered by next-generation processors such as RK3588", equipped with a Ruixin micro-Rockchip processor, with four ARM Cortex-A76 CPU cores, four ARM Cortex-A55 cores, Mali-G610 MC4 graphics and neural networks, and a processing unit with high 6TOPS AI performance.

MNT laptops are usually modular, which means that processors are likely to be located on removable, replaceable modules, and users can replace them with the latest processors provided by MNT later.

Hartmann says the goal is to design a laptop that is lighter than the MNT Reform while still maintaining compatibility with some of the original components. This means that the team does not have to redesign things like keyboards, screens or hinges. This also means that the spare parts of one laptop can be used with another laptop to provide long-term support.

However, the MNT Reform Next motherboard is expected to be much smaller than the original Reform motherboard and is a "Pocket Reform evolution" motherboard; some parts of the new model are different: since there is no room for 18650 lithium-ion batteries in the shell, Hartmann said the MNT Reform Next will switch to a "soft bag battery", but the battery can still be replaced by the user.

Despite the slimmer shape of the new laptop, the team plans to use a mechanical keyboard with a Kailh Choc shaft, and it is not clear whether there will be trackball space or a more typical touchpad.

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