[zhemao]

In the original blog post for the project, they explicitly anticipated this complaint and stated that this simply wasn't their goal. Novena is not intended to be a mass market Thinkpad clone, it is a laptop made by OSHW hackers for OSHW hackers. Hence why it includes an FPGA and plenty of GPIO pins.

[dingaling]

I wouldn't say it's a laptop; there is no integrated keyboard and the screen faces out when closed, so it is unsuitable for transport.

It's a small portable computer that is probably underpowered for everyday general-purpose use.