Dell has been working on a laptop design where you can pop the device open and remove all the components in about 30 seconds
The idea is not just to make 'em easier to repair, but to allow for easy reharvesting of parts with trade-ins
As a long-time laptop-fixer who hates the unfixability (and thus enhanced ewaste) of modern laptops, I'm praying they actually pull this off
My essay for Medium subscribers: https://clivethompson.medium.com/im-praying-dell-finally-releases-its-ultra-repairable-laptop-abfceee5dc03
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