MNT Pocket Reform

Tiny laptop, galactic portability: MNT Pocket Reform is a 7 inch mini laptop that fits into almost any bag, making it a sublime on-the-go device.

Pocket-sized, repairable, and fully open source: Our iconic MNT Pocket Reform mini laptop is as versatile as you need it to be. Whether you're traveling, attending classes, programming your tools at the cafe, or working at a data center—Pocket Reform fits nearly any space. And if you want it stationary, hook it up to a big monitor and play a video game or browse the web. Or get creative and use Debian-compatible software such as Libre Office, FreeCAD or Krita to express yourself.

MNT Pocket Reform offers benefits that many laptops don't:

Portability

As mentioned, the tininess of our laptop allows for fitting in even the smallest spaces that you might come across while riding the train, sitting at a cluttered desk, or working on your projects in a crowded space. MNT Pocket Reform has a 7 inch screen that offers comfortable reading and typing. With its light weight of only 1100 g it doesn't weigh you down, so you can absolutely get cozy and use it as a sofa computer.

Open Source

Our mini laptop is quite exceptional: It's fully open source hardware. This means all of the schematics and design files are publicly available on our GitLab repository. This is essential for us because we'd like to give you the opportunity to tinker with it, customize your own parts, or make mods. Open hardware benefits us all: By making the documentation available, anyone can contribute fixes, patches, and additional code. If this sounds like you, check out our Community Page on how to get involved.

Not only the hardware is open source: MNT Pocket Reform ships with Debian, a Linux based OS. Currently, our custom-built versions of Sway and GNOME are the preinstalled desktop environments that you can use. Sway and GNOME are fully customizable open source desktop environments and you can easily switch between them. Consult our MNT Pocket Reform handbook for more details. If you're feeling adventurous, you can install any desktop environments supported by Debian.

Modularity

The concept of modularity is very important to us as we want all of our devices to be as compatible and customizable as possible. With MNT Pocket Reform, you can swap CPUs, SSDs, and keycaps, and if any part should break you can replace it with your own or the ones we offer. This is also linked to the right of repair.

Right to Repair

Open source, modularity, and the right to repair are deeply intertwined which is why we're dedicated to design our devices as repairable as possible. Any part can be replaced, either by yourself or by us. We offer 2 years of warranty and you can contact us anytime if you need our help.

Modern ARM Architecture

ARM-based computing gets more popular than ever and since ARM technology is more energy efficient and comprehensible than Intel and AMD, it's been our architecture of choice from the beginning. With MNT Pocket Reform, we offer our MNT RCORE processor module featuring the RK3588 by Rockchip—an 8-core processor with integrated GPU. But before we go into that we'd like to mention one benefit of using ARM chips that is rarely talked about: ARM-based architectures are leading in terms of energy efficiency and allow us to make fanless devices. This becomes relevant if you're sensitive to noise, especially laptop noise. With MNT Pocket Reform, you get absolute quietness: The aluminum coated top case part and the thermal pad on the chip are enough to cool it down.

Powerful Computing with Lots of RAM

This module is the most powerful octa-core Processor Module option for MNT Pocket Reform and the right choice if you desire the maximum in CPU and GPU performance as well as 16 or 32GB of RAM. The CPU features 8 cores: 4x fast Cortex-A76 and 4x efficient Cortex-A55. The integrated ARM Mali G610 MP4 GPU delivers OpenGL/ES 3.3 and Vulkan with the open source Panthor driver. You have the choice between 16 GB or 32 GB RAM depending on your preferences and use cases. This processor module allows you to use resource intense apps, stream videos and even play 3D games!

Mechanical Keyboard with a Mini Trackball

Whether you like to keep your typing lowkey or highkey, our ortholinear mechanical keyboard provides a great typing experience: You can choose between the more silent Kailh Choc Red switches for a lower noise level and the clicky Kailh Choc White switches for more auditive and tactile feedback. The atmospheric RGB keyboard backlight is customizable both in hue and saturation. Enjoy scrolling documents or the web with our iconic micro-optical trackball and the four trackball buttons.

State-of-the-art Internet and Bluetooth

If people ask you if MNT Pocket Reform can go online you can comfortably say, Yes! Equipped with Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and support for cellular modems you can log onto the internet wherever you are. Or you can be offline and listen to some music with your Bluetooth headphones.

Specs, Specs, Specs

Let's talk technical details! What's in the Pocket Reform?

Note: If you're interested in the original Pocket Reform with NXP i.MX8MPlus processor, you can still buy it from Crowd Supply and Mouser. No tariffs apply if you're located in the US because both of them ship from US based stock.

Pocket Reform in the Media

iFixit

We're incredibly thrilled about the amazing repair guide that iFixit has created. The guide features many closeup pictures and detailed instructions. We recommend taking a look. iFixit's teardown video of MNT Pocket Reform is also worth checking out:

iFixit's teardown video of MNT Pocket Reform is also worth checking out:

IEEE Spectrum

Matthew S. Smith wrote an article for IEEE Spectrum called Hardcore Hands-on: This Pocket PC Is Big on Open Source.

Hackaday

Kerry Scharfglass wrote a piece about our mini laptop for Hackaday called A Miniature MNT for Every Pocket.

The Lost Outpost

Andy Piper took "a (literal) field test" with MNT Pocket Reform and documented the experience in this wholesome article.

Quality Customer Support

If you have any questions about MNT Pocket Reform (or any other MNT product) you can contact our customer support and ask us for help. We've had great feedback from many customers about their experiences with our main support person Plom, so do feel encouraged to write us if help is required.

Small Business

We're a small independent business with a core team of two full-time employees and four part-time employees. MNT Pocket Reform is hand-assembled in our studio in Berlin and we only produce small amounts of devices. We have high quality standards which are reflected in our prices and also our wages. By supporting us you're helping us as an open source company to make more open source devices available to the people depending on them as the political climate shifts.

In the Box

• MNT Pocket Reform Laptop with the configuration of your choice
• Power Supply not included. You can use any USB-C Power Delivery charger—we recommend Anker or Ugreen 60W+ USB-C charger.

US customers: Please note that tariffs will apply.

Support

• Quickstart Manual and Downloads
• DIY Kit Assembly Manual
• For more details on features of MNT Pocket Reform, read our News article.
• iFixit Repair Guide
• For questions, updates and feedback, join the MNT Community or contact our customer support.
• Head over to our FAQs if you have any questions regarding payment methods, import fees and warranty.

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