Dell, one of many world’s main PC makers, is engaged on bringing extra user-friendly repairability to its laptops. It teased us final yr with an early model of Concept Luna, which promised to make use of fewer screws and extra sustainable supplies in its construct. Now that idea construct is headed towards full modularity.

The newest Luna system might be dismantled nearly fully in underneath a minute—solely the show and chassis keep behind as soon as the layers are eliminated. Unlike the same DIY Framework Laptop, which introduced a Chromebook model just a few months in the past, you don’t want a screwdriver to take aside Concept Luna. But it does contain a push-pin device that serves as an unlocking mechanism of kinds. Dell additionally touted the robotic automation it applied to assist disassemble and repair the laptops at a big scale, emphasizing that “nothing goes to waste.”

At the very least, Concept Luna suggests extra serviceable laptops are on the best way from Dell, which the corporate says brings it “closer to a future where more devices are engineered with a modular design.” For occasion, the Luna’s particular person half modules all have QR codes for them, which might theoretically permit a manufacturing model to extra simply swap new elements out and in a la carte. This would additionally assist Dell extra simply recycle discarded modules.

Once a giant model like that will get on board with modularity in its manufacturing, the hope is that the remainder of the business will really feel pressured to comply with swimsuit. That’s excellent news for customers, particularly those that choose laptops as a result of they’re area savers and don’t like feeling like they’re contributing to the everpresent demise of the planet. It’s additionally excellent news for the atmosphere, as a result of something we will do to gradual the obvious onset of local weather change is best than nothing.

I can also’t assist however take into consideration my previous restore experiences with Dell. I purchased an XPS 15 final yr, and it shipped with out a working headphone jack. Dell despatched out somebody to assist me, however that uncovered a defective Bluetooth module, and ultimately, I needed to ship the laptop computer again to Dell to repair it. It was an annoying expertise! I’d have beloved to have entry to one thing just like the Framework laptop computer, which already makes good on letting you scan the QR codes of elements inside the pc to convey up the assistance information and work out the difficulty your self.

Of course, the Framework laptop computer was additionally constructed to allow you to work on it your self. Dell remains to be making soldered-together unibody laptops just like the XPS 15 that aren’t but part of this revolution. Here’s to hoping Dell strikes quick on Concept Luna, so we will all cease having to ship our laptops in for fixing.