Low demand and low volume means the economics of scale says that you need to price it high to cover production costs.
Sloane said:
Low demand and low volume means the economics of scale says that you need to price it high to cover production costs.
Real
Not everybody needs or can buy the new stuff
The majority chooses the cheapest option they can afford that doesn’t suck too badly
Novelty leads to low sales volume. When you know that not everyone will buy your product because it’s niche, you have to price it to recover your R&D costs.
Teagan said:
Novelty leads to low sales volume. When you know that not everyone will buy your product because it’s niche, you have to price it to recover your R&D costs.
That’s the harsh reality of the real world.
Volume matters; small batches are much more expensive.
Niche products need decent margins to keep cash flow.
They don’t profit from shipping bloatware to you.
And more.
Hart said:
Volume matters; small batches are much more expensive.
Niche products need decent margins to keep cash flow.
They don’t profit from shipping bloatware to you.
And more.
Recuperation of R&D costs.
What is that?
Winslow said:
What is that?
It’s like a real laptop but clunkier, half the power of i7 from 2014 for 1800 euros.
https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform
Kirby said:
Who wants something like that? Slow, chunky, low battery life, small screen. That has to be the worst laptop product I’ve ever seen.
It is 100% open source.
I would love it; though I’d rather get the PinePhone Pro and a laptop that the Free Software Foundation lists as fully FOSS.
Morgan said:
@Charlie
Why would you buy this?
100% open source, you can do anything with it.
Morgan said:
@Charlie
Why would you buy this?
100% open source, you can do anything with it.
It’s not 100% open source; read about the binary DDR and GPU firmware. https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform
Morgan said:
@Charlie
Why would you buy this?
100% open source, you can do anything with it.
What do you mean by anything, tinker on the motherboard?
Reed said:
Morgan said:
@Charlie
Why would you buy this?
100% open source, you can do anything with it.
What do you mean by anything, tinker on the motherboard?
Yeah, you have schematics of everything inside this laptop. Firmware source code is included, as far as I know. So as long as you have the right skills, the sky’s the limit.
@Reed
I dunno, man, no skill will help you with modifying a motherboard, in my opinion. Which makes this not more than a bought motherboard. The rest is all peanuts.
@Charlie
Just what we needed!
Winslow said:
What is that?
It’s the hardware for the 100% open source securely encrypted anonymous DIY quick repair/upgrade/modification access laptop project. This intrinsically niche product is suffering from a manufacturing cost crisis due to low production numbers.
@Ira
It’s not 100% open source. On their website, they mention binary DDR and GPU firmware. https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform
Winslow said:
What is that?
I think it’s this one: MNT Reform Laptop - MNT Research Shop
Lack of demand?