Something mentioned by Linus in their latest video on Dell's decision to rename/rebrand their Laptop/PC lines (and way more important than the actual focus of the video IMO) is that Dell are going to be introducing field replaceable USB-C ports on all their new business laptops.
This will be a godsend for anyone working in IT at a large organisation as USB-C power delivery and docking has been a pretty much unmitigated disaster because the connector is simply too weak for the job and failure is so common in the large business environment that I'm genuinely surprised this is only just becoming a thing as it must be costing Lenovo and Dell millions. It's practically unheard of for a device with a 3Y warranty to make it to the end on it's original motherboard and we have many devices with 5Y warranties that are on their third motherboard. It's also super frustrating when a device has two ports and users don't bother reporting an issue until both ports are broken and their battery is running out >.>
I hope for Lenovo's sake they are working on this too or they are in for a financial hit.
NB: I'm not saying they break 'just' from being plugged/unplugged multiple times a day (although they often can), but there are combined issues with weight being applied on the connector, cables being pulled/stretched, etc and at the end of the day that is sadly normal real world usage for a business laptop.
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This will be a godsend for anyone working in IT at a large organisation as USB-C power delivery and docking has been a pretty much unmitigated disaster because the connector is simply too weak for the job and failure is so common in the large business environment that I'm genuinely surprised this is only just becoming a thing as it must be costing Lenovo and Dell millions. It's practically unheard of for a device with a 3Y warranty to make it to the end on it's original motherboard and we have many devices with 5Y warranties that are on their third motherboard. It's also super frustrating when a device has two ports and users don't bother reporting an issue until both ports are broken and their battery is running out >.>
I hope for Lenovo's sake they are working on this too or they are in for a financial hit.
NB: I'm not saying they break 'just' from being plugged/unplugged multiple times a day (although they often can), but there are combined issues with weight being applied on the connector, cables being pulled/stretched, etc and at the end of the day that is sadly normal real world usage for a business laptop.
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