The just-announced Dell’s Luna laptop concept will yield a long-lasting laptop with an excellent repairability rating and focus on reducing electronic waste and carbon emissions. The laptop is both easy to dismantle and fix back, hence its high repairability potential. It is a collection of innovative and sustainability-oriented ideas although how these lofty ideas are implemented remains to be seen.
The proof of concept laptop called the Dell Concept Luna is coming from the design team of Dell and has several features that will help to make the device easy to maintain and fix. The device does not require the traditional tools needed to open laptops. Keystones are used extensively to hold parts of the laptop together and components like the screen and keyboard, easily pop out when the pair of keystones holding them are removed. Overall, the laptop is expected to contain fewer screws than any previous Dell laptop. This implies that the turnover time for repairing the device or replacing components is significantly reduced.
One of the major challenges of many laptop models is the cooling fan which is prone to malfunction. When the fan is not functioning optimally, some resort to complementing it with an external USB fan, which introduces some clutter to the workstation. Thanks to some innovative designs, the Dell Concept Luna does not have a cooling fan – a shrunken-down motherboard placed in the top cover provides for passive cooling of the laptop by itself. The full array of design choices and components in the Dell Luna has made it to score high on sustainability due to the reduced capacity for electronic waste and climate change.
There are a few issues that pop out due to the design concept of the Dell Luna like the upgradability of its components for it to remain relevant after several years. There is also the flipside of having a shrunken-down motherboard which could provide performance problems. There are still no details on a possible release date for the concept, which is still under development.
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