Modular Laptops

[mike]

Here is a Framework-y Raspberry Pi-based laptop shell on Kickstarter.

[T]he upcoming Argon ONE UP takes things to the next level. It’s a laptop computer that uses a Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module for brains, which makes it a more modular, customizable laptop than most.

• Argon ONE UP | Liliputing
• Argon ONE UP | Kickstarter
• Build Your Own ARM Laptop with the New Argon ONE UP! | ETA PRIME | YouTube

[marc-io]

For the minimum configured ready-made 12" one, the price is the same as a 13" MacBook with M4 chip, so for me not a really good deal.

[mike]

Where were you able to find an M4 for less than $800?

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Argon ONE UP Laptop Core System

• $453
• 14”
• 1920×1200
• Broadcom BCM2712 quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 (Armv8) SoC @ 2.4GHz
• 8GB RAM
• 256 Gig M.2 NVMe

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M4 chip

• $799
• 13-inch
• 2560 x 1664
• Apple M4 chip
• 16GB Memory
• 256GB SSD

[marc-io]

@mike

Where were you able to find an M4 for less than $800?

I’m comparing with a pre-build Framework.