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Nirav Patel’s journey began with a bold vision: to create a laptop unlike any other—one that is fully repairable, upgradeable, and user-friendly. His initial pitch to a room of twenty manufacturing professionals was met with skepticism. They believed "we can't do this", dismissing the possibility of building such a revolutionary device as impractical or impossible given existing manufacturing constraints.
Despite these early doubts, Patel persisted. His conviction was rooted in a desire to reimagine what consumer electronics could be, insisting that products shouldn't be designed solely for obsolescence but meant to last and be adaptable by the owners themselves.