Dell idea laptop computer has pop-out elements, disassembles screwdriver-free

Dell Concept Luna disassmebled

Enlarge / Idea Luna taken aside. (credit score: Scharon Harding)

Dell continues tinkering with what it hopes to be a repairable laptop computer just like the Framework Laptop computer. Final yr, it confirmed off Idea Luna, a clamshell designed to simply disassemble for straightforward repairs, upgrades, and harvested elements. This yr, Dell confirmed the press an up to date Idea Luna that might help extra energy whereas being even less complicated to dismantle. The seller can be exploring methods to automate the method, from disassembly to components diagnostics, on a broad scale.

Now extra repairable (nonetheless unavailable)

Dell’s Idea Luna laptop computer is comparable in dimension to a Latitude with some Dell XPS 13 Plus-like stylings. In individual, it regarded just like the Idea Luna demoed final yr, together with showing to be a functioning PC. However Dell’s consultant was capable of open this yr’s model up and pull out inside components way more quickly—properly beneath 60 seconds.

The pc was simpler to take aside as a result of it would not have screws (final yr’s Idea Luna had 4). Dell’s rep merely caught a pin (it could possibly be something that matches, they mentioned) right into a gap within the safety lock slot on the proper aspect of the system’s deck.

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