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Add to SafariWhen comparing MNT Reform vs MacBook Air ARM 2020, the Slant community recommends MNT Reform for most people. In the question“What are the best Notebooks based on ARM processors?” MNT Reform is ranked 2nd while MacBook Air ARM 2020 is ranked 5th.
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Pros
Pro Almost all components open source
Pro Trackball
Pro Mechanical keyboard
Pro 17 Hour + Battery life
Pro Modern ARM based Apple M1 processor
Pro Best performance with battery life
Great battery life wish some else can top that.
Cons
Con High price-to-performance ratio
Con NVME expansion is slow as molasses
NVME slot operates at PCI-E 1.0 1x speeds. That's slower than a SATA drive.
Con Not Open Source
Nonfree firmware baked into SOC chip set, so no non-free firmware in software stack. Unable to be updated.
Con Discharges even when turned off
Battery circuit discharges batteries even when laptop turned off. Causing dead batteries after leaving it off for 2 weeks.
Con Hardware lock-in
Repair it somewhere else? - forget it.
Con Expensive
Like all Apple products.
Con Software lock-in
You are now in the AppStore cage.
