In lieu of a push for the right to repair, I think laptops are the easiest to achieve that future since the parts are relatively modular. Recently, we have the Framework laptop that you can actually buy. It’s modular and has its parts serviceable.
A few months after the Framework laptop announcement, Dell unveiled Concept Luna. Again, it’s a concept, not an actual product – yet.
Dell’s reason to do this is to “address complex societal challenges” as there are growing concerns regarding climate change, e-waste, and resource constraints. So, Dell wants to “push reuse to the limit and dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of our products”.
In Dell’s words, this is a “proof-of-concept” that is made in collaboration with Intel and it is created to enable components to be immediately accessible, replaceable, and reusable. I won’t go much in detail here as Dell themselves have a video showcasing what this concept will bring.
I gotta say, I’m quite skeptical of this, though. The easiest way for a company to make more money is to sell more of their products – and for Dell to push forward a fully-repairable laptop will definitely cause a shift in how the company works.
Also, Louis Rossman highlighted that Dell needs to provide the circuitry schematics to know what’s wrong and what to repair. His point makes sense as it would be fruitless if a diagnostic came out as “need to replace the motherboard” which costs just as much as buying a brand new laptop. We need to know what is specifically wrong with the motherboard – maybe a fuse or a capacitor – so that this Concept Luna can be viable.
However, servicing the motherboard of the Concept Luna will pose another challenge too as the components are very tiny and will require robotic-level of accuracy to pinpoint those components on the motherboard.
To Dell’s credit, they’ve been the only company that is pushing the use of ocean plastic, and to see them pushing forward anything that helps the environment is a good thing – including their push for a circular economy (zero waste of all devices manufactured) and also achieve a net zero of greenhouse gas emission.
I really want to see Concept Luna being a fully-realized product based on the concept. Have everything standardized in terms of thickness, screw positioning, dimensions, and the connectors for various different parts of the laptop – like the trackpad ribbon cable.
Imagine this – if I am not satisfied with the current keyboard of my laptop, I can just yeet it and change another keyboard that suits my needs. It’s more than just being repairable – it’s customizable.
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