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Lucie / minutedoing a brutal last-minute change for MNT Reform Next: primary M.2 SSD now full-size (2280), secondary M.2 SSD (2230/2242) now on the back of the mainboard. microSD Express gone, but could still live in an adapter in any of those 2 slots if needed.
this is a cost-saving measure on the one hand (2280 are more broadly available and affordable than the small sizes these days), but on the other hand allows you a lot more flexibilty when choosing fast storage options. you'll also be able to do RAID stuff between the 2 SSDs, of course.
now the bad news: i didn't anticipate the recent SSD+RAM apocalypse last year. the 32GB RAM+256GB eMMC are safe because i bought them early. but i didn't buy all SSDs early enough: even with the switch to 2280/being able to combine stock of different sizes, the SSDs at promised capacities would cost us 33514 EUR over budget. we don't have this extra cash, so the only option is to reduce the SSD capacities: we can ship 1TB instead of 2TB and 512GB instead of 1TB. i'm extremely sorry for this.
everything else about the Next is going well though. we fixed many small papercuts that i experienced while daily driving the laptop and have many parts already stocked or ordered. i have a draft of a more detailled Crowd Supply update that i'll finish over the next few days.
for reference, SSD price development graphs @ PC Part Picker https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/internal-hard-drive/#storage.ssdm2nvme.2000
i forgot to say that with this new plan, the half capacity SSDs are still more expensive than the original ones (approx 5158 EUR over budget).
VoidZeroOne 
@mntmn thanks "AI"
and I'm really sorry for everyone who has to deal with the fallout of the bubble.
and I'm really sorry for everyone who has to deal with the fallout of the bubble.
UnlikelyLass@mntmn Can we opt to not get an SSD if we want to save you money?
@Unlikelylass that's very nice but no, the CS system isn't that flexible. also, i already purchased all the SSDs.
@mntmn Ah, well, it was worth a shot. I'll just have to buy more stickers and t-shirts. :P
siviq@Unlikelylass @mntmn That's good idea.
josch@Unlikelylass @mntmn You should definitely get the T-shirts. I just got myself another one. Their quality is really good and they are easily the most comfortable T-shirts I have in my closet. MNT made a really good choice with their textile provider!
Haelwenn /элвэн/ 
@mntmn Glad you found a way. And well my current laptop got a 256GB NVMe so *checks crowdsupply order* 512GB is still going to be plenty. ^^
niko
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waferbaby
✧✦Catherine✦✧@mntmn ouch!!
@mntmn i remember hoping that 2020 would be the last supply crunch ;;
@whitequark yes me too. last year i was like, finally things are getting better, no new crisis in sight, and then *bam*
Nicolai von Neudeck@mntmn @whitequark I liked it better when polycrisis just meant relationship drama 😖
1337 $#!+ I did that@mntmn I'd be ok with it. Just so you know.
roman
Joshua A.C. Newman@mntmn
Yeah, no one thinks you’re immune to the rolling catastrophes of stupid. We all know you’re going to make the best judgments.
Yeah, no one thinks you’re immune to the rolling catastrophes of stupid. We all know you’re going to make the best judgments.
Niklaus 'vimja' Hofer@mntmn
Shame about the SSDs, but as someone who buys hardware for a cloud provider, I fully understand the situation and sympathise.
I actually quite like the outcome of this. Will make it easier to upgrade the laptop down the line and I really don't need 2 TB of space on a laptop...
Wes Kennedy@mntmn honestly I was assuming there would need to be adjustments. I think (hope) most of your backers understand. I know I totally do. I’d rather see MNT succeed than have 1TB more storage
@mntmn every time I see RAM and SSD prices I have to think of you and your company. I hope you are somehow managing and I applaud the guts to do these changes
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