Hell yeah. First Dell made modular USB-C ports and a separate I/O board, now this. As someone who has replaced many model Dell keyboards and taken out 50+ screws to get to it, as well as had a graveyard of laptops with a dead USB-C port, this is great to see from the big manufacturers.
I'm curious to know if it's similar to Dell's, where the USB-C are screwed onto the board and thus probably stupid easy to replace.
Especially with hardware getting so much more expensive lately, this stuff is a godsend along with Intel's huge strides in battery efficiency. And I'm sure Dell and Lenovo will appreciate not replacing so many motherboards.
I remember when a Dell tech came in with a replacement keyboard absolutely mortified with a repair job until we realized they just hadn't fully seated the keyboard ribbon cable into the board. He was so relieved. When even the Dell technician is terrified of replacing the keyboard, you know it's just an outright problem. I hope Dell follows suit, I think their laptops would be very repairable if they figured out a way to separate the keyboard from the chassis and mainboard assembly without affecting rigidity, and it's a shame because the keyboards are probably the single most wearable item in the whole box.
Hell yeah. First Dell made modular USB-C ports and a separate I/O board, now this. As someone who has replaced many model Dell keyboards and taken out 50+ screws to get to it, as well as had a graveyard of laptops with a dead USB-C port, this is great to see from the big manufacturers.
I'm curious to know if it's similar to Dell's, where the USB-C are screwed onto the board and thus probably stupid easy to replace.
Especially with hardware getting so much more expensive lately, this stuff is a godsend along with Intel's huge strides in battery efficiency. And I'm sure Dell and Lenovo will appreciate not replacing so many motherboards.
I remember when a Dell tech came in with a replacement keyboard absolutely mortified with a repair job until we realized they just hadn't fully seated the keyboard ribbon cable into the board. He was so relieved. When even the Dell technician is terrified of replacing the keyboard, you know it's just an outright problem. I hope Dell follows suit, I think their laptops would be very repairable if they figured out a way to separate the keyboard from the chassis and mainboard assembly without affecting rigidity, and it's a shame because the keyboards are probably the single most wearable item in the whole box.