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Lenovo’s modular laptop concept gives you flexibility over your ports, keyboard, and display(s)

Lenovo ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept is a laptop that brings together a bunch of interesting ideas. Like a Framework Laptop, it features a modular port system that lets you swap out a USB port for HDMI, among other things. And like an Asus Zenbook Duo or Lenovo Yoga Book 9i, it’s a dual-screen laptop.

But here’s where things get interesting… and kind of weird. That second screen? It’s […]

Lenovo doubles down on adaptive AI PCs and bold hardware at MWC 2026

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/lenovo-adaptive-ai-pcs-mwc-2026/

Raspberry Pi CM5-powered Argon One laptop is now shipping to Kickstarter backers

The Argon ONE UP is a modular laptop with a 14 inch FHD+ display, a 55 Wh battery, and an M.2 slot for an SSD. What makes the Argon ONE UP unlike most laptops though is that it has a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 for brains.

Argon Forty launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Argon ONE UP last summer, and now the company has begun shipping the laptop to backers. Folks who missed […]

Raspberry Pi CM5-powered Argon One laptop is now shipping to Kickstarter backers

The Argon ONE UP is a modular laptop with a 14 inch FHD+ display, a 55 Wh battery, and an M.2 slot for an SSD. What makes the Argon ONE UP unlike most laptops though is that it has a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 for brains.

Argon Forty launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Argon ONE UP last summer, and now the company has begun shipping the laptop to backers. Folks who missed […]

Raspberry Pi CM5-powered Argon One laptop is now shipping to Kickstarter backers

The Argon ONE UP is a modular laptop with a 14 inch FHD+ display, a 55 Wh battery, and an M.2 slot for an SSD. What makes the Argon ONE UP unlike most laptops though is that it has a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 for brains.

Argon Forty launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Argon ONE UP last summer, and now the company has begun shipping the laptop to backers. Folks who missed […]

Raspberry Pi CM5-powered Argon One laptop is now shipping to Kickstarter backers

The Argon ONE UP is a modular laptop with a 14 inch FHD+ display, a 55 Wh battery, and an M.2 slot for an SSD. What makes the Argon ONE UP unlike most laptops though is that it has a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 for brains.

Argon Forty launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Argon ONE UP last summer, and now the company has begun shipping the laptop to backers. Folks who missed […]

RCORE V2 is a 2nd-gen RK3588 module for MNT Reform laptops

The MNT Reform line of laptops are hacker-friendly computers that are designed to be modular, repairable, upgradeable, and customizable. At launch the MNT Reform and MNT Pocket Reform both shipped with NXP i.MX8M series processors, but since the processor is part of a removable module, MNT has also offered other options including modules with Allwinner A311D, Layerscape LS1028A and Broadcomm […]

#crowdfunding #mntReform #modular #modularLaptop #rcore #rcoreRk3588V2 #rcoreV2 #rk3588

Read more: https://liliputing.com/rcore-v2-is-a-2nd-gen-rk3588-module-for-mnt-reform-laptops/

Framework Laptop 13 gets an AMD Ryzen 300 update

The Framework Laptop 13 is a modular repairable laptop that first debuted in 2021. But thanks to the fact that the processor (and just about every other component) can be removed and replaced, the new model for 2025 looks exactly the same as earlier models. But it has a new motherboard powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 series processors, with support for up to a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Strix Point […]

#framework #frameworkLaptop13 #krackenPoint #modular #modularLaptop #strixPoint

Read more: https://liliputing.com/framework-laptop-13-gets-an-amd-ryzen-300-update/

Argon40 is making a Raspberry Pi CM5-powered laptop

Argon40 is a company that sells Raspberry Pi accessories including cases, power supplies, cooling modules, and a kit that lets you transform a single-board computer into a network-attached storage device.

Now Argon40 is working on its first laptop computer. But unsurprisingly it will be a laptop that’s powered by a Raspberry Pi. The company hasn’t released many details yet, but a post on […]

#argon40 #argon40Laptop #cm5 #computeModule #laptop #modularLaptop #raspberryPi5 #raspberryPiCm5 #raspberryPiLaptop

Read more: https://liliputing.com/argon40-is-making-a-raspberry-pi-cm5-powered-laptop/

Exciting news! 🎉 The next-gen MNT Reform, an open-source modular laptop, has been unveiled! 💻✨ This innovative hardware is set to hit crowdfunding platforms soon. Get ready for a sustainable and customizable computing experience! 🌱🔧 #MNTReform #OpenSource #ModularLaptop #arm #TechInnovation #Sustainability
Read more here: https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/mnt-reform-next-open-source-modular-hardware-laptop-sequel-unveiled-expected-to-hit-crowd-supply-soon

MNT Reform Next is here! 🚀 A future-proof laptop with a sleek retro-futuristic design, offering modularity, customizability, and high performance. Perfect for developers, creatives, and anyone on the go! 💻✨ Join the open hardware revolution and stay updated on its launch! 🌍🔧 #MNTReformNext #OpenSource #openhardware #arm #ModularLaptop #TechForGood
Learn more: https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2024-09-09-introducing-mnt-reform-next.html #newz

This compact gaming laptop has a replaceable NVIDIA RTX 4060 GPU

When you buy or build a desktop gaming PC, you often get to choose your CPU, graphics card, memory, storage, and other hardware. And if you want to upgrade any of those components in the future, you can just pop out the old part and replace it with something new.

But most modern laptops aren’t nearly as flexible.  While some allow you to replace memory or storage, that’s not a given these days. And while it’s not impossible to find models with a user-replaceable CPU or GPU, those features are still extraordinarily rare. So it’s interesting to see that a Chinese PC company called Tongfang has designed a laptop with a modular motherboard that puts the CPU and GPU on different boards, opening the possibility that you could upgrade or replace one without disturbing the other. It’s called the GX2.0 modular motherboard, and the first laptop based on this design is expected to be the Firebat 16 Air, which should be available for purchase in China soon from JD.com.

The laptop is a 16 inch notebook that measures just 18mm (0.71″) thick and weighs just 1.98 kg (4.37 pounds), which makes the Firebat 16 Air pretty compact for a gaming notebook. That suggests the modular design doesn’t necessarily add a lot of thickness or weight to the laptop.

But it does add to the flexibility of the notebook. Instead of a single mainboard with the CPU, graphics, and other components soldered to it, the Tongfang/Firebat laptop has a mainboard featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor, two SODIMM slots for DDR5 memory, an M.2 slot for PCIe NVMe storage, and another for a wireless card.

But there’s also a separate board that features an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU for discrete graphics. The laptop’s display HDMI 2.1 and Mini DisplayPort 1.4 ports are attached to this board.

The design theoretically opens the possibility of replacing the GPU board without buying a whole new laptop or replacing the CPU board. But I’m going to stress that this remains a theoretical possibility for now. I haven’t seen any evidence that Firebat, Tongfang, or any other company has announced a compatible GPU board with a different graphics processor yet.

Some of the laptop’s other features include an 80 Wh battery, 2 USB4 ports with support for 100W USB power delivery and video output, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, a USB 2.0 Type-A port, a headset jack, SD card reader, and Gigabit Ethernet port.

via @realVictor_M and  VideoCardz 

#dgpu #discreteGraphics #firebat #firebatA16Air #modular #modularLaptop #TongFang #upgradeableGraphics

This compact gaming laptop has a replaceable NVIDIA RTX 4060 GPU

When you buy or build a desktop gaming PC, you often get to choose your CPU, graphics card, memory, storage, and other hardware. And if you want to upgrade any of those components in the future, you can just pop out the old part and replace it with something new.

But most modern laptops aren’t nearly as flexible.  While some allow you to replace memory or storage, that’s not a given these days. And while it’s not impossible to find models with a user-replaceable CPU or GPU, those features are still extraordinarily rare. So it’s interesting to see that a Chinese PC company called Tongfang has designed a laptop with a modular motherboard that puts the CPU and GPU on different boards, opening the possibility that you could upgrade or replace one without disturbing the other. It’s called the GX2.0 modular motherboard, and the first laptop based on this design is expected to be the Firebat 16 Air, which should be available for purchase in China soon from JD.com.

The laptop is a 16 inch notebook that measures just 18mm (0.71″) thick and weighs just 1.98 kg (4.37 pounds), which makes the Firebat 16 Air pretty compact for a gaming notebook. That suggests the modular design doesn’t necessarily add a lot of thickness or weight to the laptop.

But it does add to the flexibility of the notebook. Instead of a single mainboard with the CPU, graphics, and other components soldered to it, the Tongfang/Firebat laptop has a mainboard featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor, two SODIMM slots for DDR5 memory, an M.2 slot for PCIe NVMe storage, and another for a wireless card.

But there’s also a separate board that features an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU for discrete graphics. The laptop’s display HDMI 2.1 and Mini DisplayPort 1.4 ports are attached to this board.

The design theoretically opens the possibility of replacing the GPU board without buying a whole new laptop or replacing the CPU board. But I’m going to stress that this remains a theoretical possibility for now. I haven’t seen any evidence that Firebat, Tongfang, or any other company has announced a compatible GPU board with a different graphics processor yet.

Some of the laptop’s other features include an 80 Wh battery, 2 USB4 ports with support for 100W USB power delivery and video output, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, a USB 2.0 Type-A port, a headset jack, SD card reader, and Gigabit Ethernet port.

via @realVictor_M and  VideoCardz 

#dgpu #discreteGraphics #firebat #firebatA16Air #modular #modularLaptop #TongFang #upgradeableGraphics

MNT Reform Next is thinner, lighter modular, open source laptop

The makers of the MNT Reform and Pocket Reform line of modular, customizable, and open source laptops have unveiled plans for a new model they’re calling the MNT Reform Next.

While it has a lot of the same features as existing models, including support for the same removeable, replaceable processor modules, the MNT Reform Next has an updated design that’s meant to be thinner and lighter than […]

https://liliputing.com/?p=171717

#mnt #mntReform #mntReformNext #modular #modularLaptop #openHardware #openSource

GenBook RK3588 is a open hardware laptop with a modular design for upgrades and repairs (crowdfunding)

At first glance the GenBook RK3588 looks like a pretty typical notebook. It has a 14 inch FHD display, a reasonably compact design, and a set of ports that includes HDMI, USB Type-A and USB Type-C. But open up the chassis and you’ll find a modular laptop that’s designed to be upgradeable, repairable, and customizable.
The heart of the […]

https://liliputing.com/?p=170259

#coolPi #coolPiLaptop #crowdSupply #crowdfunding #genbook #genbookRk3588 #modular #modularLaptop #openHardware #som #systemOnAModule

Sipeed Lichee Book 4A is a cheap RISC-V laptop with an upgradeable processor module

Sipeed’s LM4A compute module is a small board with a T-Head TH1520 RISC-V processor, an NPU with up to 4 TOPS of AI performance, and support for up to 16GB of LPDDR4X memory and 128GB of eMMC storage. But what really makes this computer-on-a-module interesting is that Sipeed has designed an ecosystem of products that support the module, allowing you to use the […]

https://liliputing.com/?p=169829

#lm4a #modular #modularLaptop #riscV #riscVLaptop #sipeed #sipeedL3ma #sipeedL5ma #sipeedLicheeBook4a #sipeedLm4a

Seems like there's a dell concept that is going for a more modular design. I love this I think it just makes sense. We do have the framework laptop right now though, don't need to wait for dell to figure this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_AMoQcZFU

cc @frameworkcomputer #frameworklaptop #framework #DellLuna #LunaLaptop #recycle #modularLaptop #serviceableTech #AntiPlannedObsolescence #PlannedObsolescence

Seems like there's a dell concept that is going for a more modular design. I love this I think it just makes sense. We do have the framework laptop right now though, don't need to wait for dell to figure this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_AMoQcZFU

cc @frameworkcomputer #frameworklaptop #framework #DellLuna #LunaLaptop #recycle #modularLaptop #serviceableTech #AntiPlannedObsolescence #PlannedObsolescence

Seems like there's a dell concept that is going for a more modular design. I love this I think it just makes sense. We do have the framework laptop right now though, don't need to wait for dell to figure this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_AMoQcZFU

cc @frameworkcomputer #frameworklaptop #framework #DellLuna #LunaLaptop #recycle #modularLaptop #serviceableTech #AntiPlannedObsolescence #PlannedObsolescence

Seems like there's a dell concept that is going for a more modular design. I love this I think it just makes sense. We do have the framework laptop right now though, don't need to wait for dell to figure this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_AMoQcZFU

cc @frameworkcomputer #frameworklaptop #framework #DellLuna #LunaLaptop #recycle #modularLaptop #serviceableTech #AntiPlannedObsolescence #PlannedObsolescence

Seems like there's a dell concept that is going for a more modular design. I love this I think it just makes sense. We do have the framework laptop right now though, don't need to wait for dell to figure this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_AMoQcZFU

cc @frameworkcomputer #frameworklaptop #framework #DellLuna #LunaLaptop #recycle #modularLaptop #serviceableTech #AntiPlannedObsolescence #PlannedObsolescence

Review: Framework’s lightweight modular laptop is a winner - Enlarge / Framework promised a modular, lightweight, ultraslim 13-inch laptop wit... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1783255 #linuxonlaptops #modularlaptop #righttorepair #laptopreview #framework #features #tech