Longer-lasting laptops: the modular hardware you can upgrade and repair yourself
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Dell’s new USB-C ports use screws instead of solder so you can fix them yourself.
Dell just killed off XPS, but its new “Pro” laptops pull a neat trick: most USB-C ports and batteries are now officially user-replaceable.
“This is the first time that we’ve had a screwed-on, non-soldered modular USB-C port,” Dell PM Katie Green tells us. She says Dell also plans to bring this to consumers “when it makes sense.” No word on Framework-like modularity yet.
1/3The new modular USB-C port. Images: Dell
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