Dell Concept Luna laptop can be taken apart in seconds

In today’s world, sustainability and reuse are becoming increasingly important. Until now, laptops have been very difficult to take apart. The Dell Concept Luna laptop will change that.

This is important, because computers and other electronics form an increasingly large part of the waste stream. Electronic waste also contains many rare raw materials that we would like to reuse.

Dell Concept Luna motherboard three-quarters smaller and much more economical

But Dell Concept Luna goes even further than that. For example, the motherboard is three-quarters smaller, and it also contains fewer electronic components. As a result, producing the laptop only costs half in terms of CO2 emissions. And, not wrong of course, this will reduce production costs considerably. Good news in these times of inflation and price increases.

“Only passive cooling”

The laptop has also become more economical in terms of energy consumption. For example, the components that produce the most, such as the processor and graphics card, are placed in such a way that they radiate that heat as much as possible. Dell’s designers even hope that it will be possible to remove the fan from the Dell Concept Luna design and keep the device cool only through passive cooling.

Of course, Dell, like other manufacturers, is also trying to put more and more efficient CPUs, graphics cards and memory elements in their laptops. Especially with the increased energy bills, this is not only good news for the earth, but also for our wallets.

You can also work longer on your laptop without having to charge it. And anyone who has ever been on the road for a long time, without a charging point nearby, agrees that it is actually quite handy.

Much easier to repair and take apart

But one of the biggest gains from the Dell laptop redesign is that it’s much easier to repair. Instead of the dozens of screws in older models, only four screws are used in the Dell Concept Luna. This saves repairers an hour and a half, making repairs much faster and therefore cheaper.

Even if the laptop eventually exchanges the temporary for the eternal, still working parts, and usually most of them, can reincarnate in new laptops. Producing microchips takes a lot of energy: the production of a 2 g chip easily releases 1.7 kg of waste such as CO2.

If we can reuse these chips, which usually still work perfectly, it will make a huge difference. Broken parts can also be collected separately, making it easier to process them into raw materials. An extra smart find is that printed circuit boards are made of vegetable fibers and are covered with a water-soluble plastic. And that makes it easier for recycling companies to reuse the parts. Hopefully the laptop will be waterproof by then…

The battery has also been overhauled. This is replaced by a model that lasts extra long.

Dell Concept Luna, a concept, but also a starting point

This is a concept model, so we will probably not see it exactly in this form. But it is likely that many of the ideas incorporated herein will be reflected in new Dell PCs and laptops. And as one of the market leaders in the PC field, hopefully other manufacturers will follow suit.