https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform-rcore-rk3588-proc... 500/750€ for the som is a bit spicy considering the soc itself can be brought for $150 in orange pi 5 plus (16GB);
being part of the business I know how big the economy of scale is, but it still is off putting as a consumer.
Hopefully selling it as part of the new laptop will allow sufficiently bigger batches to bring this down a bit
Hopefully selling it as part of the new laptop will allow sufficiently bigger batches to bring this down a bit